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Warm light and dimmable LED bulbs
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All about LED bulbs - video

...LEED V4 Platinum Edelweiss House, Passive House contruction, Passive solar home design, home lighting design and anything you need to know about sustainable green home construction in Ecohome's green building guide pages. 

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Find a LEED Provider

...leed@ecohabitation.com  T: (514) 985-0004 5555 Avenue de Gaspé, bureau 212, Montréal, Québec  H2T 2A3 www.ecohabitation.com/leed   Ontario:   Arborus Homesol Clement Guenard [email protected]  T: (613) 234-7178 76 Chamberlain Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 1V9 www.arborus.ca   Building Ener...

LEED for Homes Checklist
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The LEED for Homes Checklist

The checklist will help you understand the requirements for each LEED category, and help you decide on your targeted level of certification. It will not only be used for the evaluation of your project, but you can use it for tracking your progress. The checklist will allow you to: Meet the criteria for each category D...

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The 19 LEED for Homes Prerequisites

...LEED for homes prerequisites that must be met for certification. Not all categories have prerequisites, and some have more than one. Please refer to the rating system for more details. Innovation & Design Process (ID)  1.1 Preliminary rating:   Conduct a preliminary meeting with your LEED provider and key members o...

LEED for homes rating system.
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What is LEED?

...LEED certification of a home, builders are required to meet 19 prerequisite measures and a minimum amount of optional credits. Levels of certification that can be achieved are Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum based on the amount of points earned, Platinum being the highest. Read about LEED for homes, LEED V4, Pass...

Yukon's first LEED certified home
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The Yukon's First LEED Certified Home

The Yukon's first LEED certified home was born of new city policies designed to develop people-friendly neighbourhoods. Unused city land between large lots was re-zoned to allow for new housing that promoted community engagement. New zoning regulations for these more modestly sized lots included maximum setbacks to kee...

The LEED Platinum Beachaus II in Vancouver, BC
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The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) Measures the Environmental Benefit of the LEED Certification Program.

...LEED project in 2005, the CaGBC collected data over the next eight years, measuring the direct impact LEED Canada made on various aspects of the environment, including greenhouse gas emissions, national energy and water consumption and waste diversion. The results were compelling: A 312,006 C02e tonne reduction in gree...

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Getting Started

...LEED The LEED ® Canada for Homes certification program is based on documentation of the building process and visual inspections by LEED certified Green Raters. Upon successful completion of your project, your home can be awarded a level of either Certified, Silver, Gold or the highest possible level, Platinum. Step ...

Beautiful LEED home in Mulmur, Ontario.
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A beautiful lakeside LEED Platinum home

...LEED Gold-targeted project. LEED home in Mulmur, Ontario.© Shai Gil Photography LEED home in Mulmur, Ontario. © Shai Gil Photography LEED home in Mulmur, Ontario. © Shai Gil Photography LEED home in Mulmur, Ontario. © Shai Gil Photography LEED home in Mulmur, Ontario. ...

LEED Platinum home certification FAQ
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LEED Certification for Homes - Frequently Asked Questions

...LEED home? Once  you have enrolled in the LEED program with the CaGBC, you can promote the home as  "Registered with LEED Canada for Homes". A project is not LEED certified until it has been issued final approval by the CaGBC. Is it necessary to hire a LEED AP? Having a LEED AP (Accredited professional) on your team wi...

The LEED rating system
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The LEED rating system

...LEED rating system. ­ Builders are required to provide homeowners with a minimum one hour educational walkthrough to identify and provide instruction of the home’s operational systems, as well as provide homeowners with the completed LEED checklist and accompanying paperwork, including manuals on all home systems. Once...