LEED certification / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...certification options in North America.) The carbon footprint of  LEED Homes: While we were at it, we decided to have a look at the LEED criteria to see if it was feasible to achieve that certification as well. The LEED rating system is broken down into eight categories (ranging from Innovation & Design to Sustaina...

...certification system. To achieve Passive House certification, there is a hard limit on the amount of energy needed to heat and cool a space of 15 kWh/m² per year, which works out to about 1/10th the amount that a typical house uses. It turns out that this is a very difficult bar to meet in cold climates, with the amoun...

...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...

...LEED for Homes rating system. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. All about the LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum home All you need to know about achieving Passive House certification Resilient design featu...

...certification. A LEED AP for Homes has two main roles in the certification process: to act as project advisor during the design and construction phase, and be the link between evaluators and project managers during the certification process. Where can homes earn LEED certification? LEED Canada for Homes is accessible a...

...LEED certification for their homes. It provides coordination between project owners and certifying organizations.   Ontario:     Building Knowledge Canada Inc. Building Science training, testing, forensics and consulting to help you build high-performance, high- quality and healthy homes in Ontario. Sol De...

...LEED for Homes prerequisites. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. All about the LEED for Homes rating system Ecohome builds Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum home All you need to know about achieving Passive House certification Resilient design featu...

...LEED certification companies. There were a total of 110 possible LEED® points available for certifying homes. The number of points your project earned determined its level of final LEED® certification as follows: LEED® Certified: 40-49 points LEED® Silver rated: 50-59 points LEED® Gold rated: 60-79 points LEED®...