{"id":75702,"date":"2018-11-19T12:39:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=75702"},"modified":"2018-11-23T08:38:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T13:38:12","slug":"usgbc-launches-program-to-address-net-zero-carbon-green-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/usgbc-launches-program-to-address-net-zero-carbon-green-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"USGBC launches program to address net-zero carbon green buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States Green Building Council (USGBC)<\/a>\u00a0launched LEED Zero<\/a>, a new program to address net-zero operations and resources in green building projects.<\/p>\n

LEED Zero is open to all Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED<\/a> projects certified under the BD+C, ID+C or O+M rating systems, or projects registered to pursue LEED O+M certification. LEED projects can achieve LEED Zero certification when they demonstrate net-zero carbon emissions, net-zero energy use, net-zero water use, or net-zero waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor more than two decades, LEED has provided a framework for high-performance buildings and spaces, and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through strategies impacting land, energy, transportation, water, waste, and materials,\u201d said Melissa Baker, senior vice-president of technical core at USGBC. \u201cBuilding on that work, LEED Zero is a complement to LEED that verifies the achievement of net-zero goals and signals market leadership in green building.\u201d<\/p>\n

LEED Zero recognizes specific achievements in building operations and rewards projects that have used LEED as a framework to address important aspects of green buildings and taken their buildings to the next level by designing and operating toward net-zero goals. According to USGBC, LEED Zero encourages a holistic approach for buildings and places that will contribute to a regenerative future. This is part of a vision to ensure the next phase of USGBC\u2019s efforts will be LEED positive, where buildings generate more energy than they use, and remove more carbon than they produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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