LEED for homes / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...for successful projects, no matter your region: Future Standards Comparison: Net Zero Energy homes v Passive House designed homes Certification Comparison: Passive House vs LEED®: What's the Difference? Case Study: Case Study: Canada's First LEED® v4 Platinum Home LEED Certification Details: How to Build a LEED® Certi...

...Homes, and learn more about energy-efficient home upgrades, and Green building certification programs such as ,  LEED for Homes and Passive House, and Net Zero labelled homes visit the Ecohome green building guide pages. This property stands as a premier example of high-performance architecture for sale in BC for the e...

...LEED Gold Toronto, Ontario: WaterPark Place, LEED Platinum (first Canadian project to earn LEED Platinum through the CaGBC's recertification program) Calgary, Alberta: Bow Valley Square, LEED Gold Quebec City, Quebec: Place TELUS / TELUS House, LEED Gold Support for LEED is widespread in Canada, with a highly diverse ...

...formaldehyde MDF panels, but also opted for Baltic Birch plywood whose superior strength and pricing outweighed locally-produced plywood. The project has a walkscore rating of 90, an Energuide rating of 90, and achieved the first LEED for Homes Platinum Rating in the Greater Toronto Area. It is currently a subject of p...

...for each category Develop your sustainability strategy Create your forms and liability Review audits / inspections on site Now you know about the 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 s...

...LEED homes. 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 features to make homes ...

...for building owners through reduced energy and water use. The ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED outside of the U.S. is based on cumulative gross square meters (GSM) of space certified to LEED in each nation as of April 2014. Canada has 17.74 million GSM of LEED-certified space, and in total, it has 4,068 LEED-ce...

LEED® for Homes: A Guide to the v4.1 version of this Green Building Certification For homeowners in Canada and the United States, the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Homes rating system is the premier benchmark for designing and constructing healthy, sustainable, and highly efficient homes. De...

...LEED for Homes about? LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized rating system for commercial buildings and homes administered by the CaGBC (Canada Green Building Council)  to encourage sustainable building practices. While the commercial program has been in effect for much lo...