An organization’s participation in the voluntary and technically rigorous LEED process demonstrates leadership, innovation and environmental stewardship – USGBC.
LEED certified buildings use environmental resources more efficiently when compared to conventional buildings which are simply built to code. LEED certified buildings have healthier work and living environments, which contributes to higher productivity and improved employee health and comfort. The USGBC has also compiled a long list of benefits of implementing a LEED strategy which ranged from improving air and water quality to reducing solid waste, benefiting owners, occupiers and society as a whole. 
LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized certification system that measures how well a building or community performs across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of environmental resources and sensitivity to their impacts. Pure Eco has trained LEED experts on staff, known as LEED Accredited Professionals, that can assist you with all of your LEED project needs, from the initial construction planning and building design phase, to project registration, data collection and documentation, all the way through to commissioning and the final certification of your building.
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC, www.usgbc.org), LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operation and maintenance solutions. LEED is flexible enough to apply to all building types – commercial as well as residential, and soon, to entire communities. It works throughout the building life cycle – design and construction, operations and maintenance, tenant fitout, and significant retrofit. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in the areas of sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy & linkages, awareness & education, innovation in design and regional priority.
LEED certified buildings use environmental resources more efficiently when compared to conventional buildings which are simply built to code. LEED certified buildings have healthier work and living environments, which contribute to higher productivity and improved employee health and comfort. The USGBC has compiled a long list of benefits of implementing a LEED strategy which range from improving air and water quality to reducing solid waste, benefiting owners, occupiers and society as a whole.
There are four LEED building certification levels: certified, silver, gold and platinum. The level of certification achieved is dependent on how many points are earned in the performance areas mentioned above. In LEED 2009 there are 100 possible points plus an additional 6 points available for innovation in design:
Participation in the voluntary and technically rigorous LEED process demonstrates leadership, innovation and environmental stewardship.
