What is LEED?
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED certification, the international mark of excellence for green building, provides independent, third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at achieving high performance in key areas of human and environmental health:
- sustainable site development
- water savings
- energy efficiency
- materials selection
- indoor environmental quality
LEED Buildings on Campus
- Advanced Research Complex (ARC): LEED Gold
- Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS): LEED Gold
- Learning Crossroads (CRX): targeting LEED Silver
- STEM (STM): targeting LEED Silver