The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), the organization that administers the LEED professional credentials, requires that LEED Green Associates and LEED APs with specialty renew their credentials every two years. To renew your credential, you must earn the required number of continuing education hours during those two years.
The requirements are:
As described in a previous blog post, the LEED rating systems address volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, which are chemicals that offgas from common building products (like paint or flooring) and when inhaled, have negative health effects on occupants.
For the LEED Green Associate exam, it is important to know about the types of refrigerants, their impact on the environment, and the Montreal Protocol.
While the volatile organic compound, or VOC, limits requirements in the LEED rating systems are complicated, the information you need to know for the LEED Green Associate exam is much simpler.
The ASHRAE standards are important to know for the LEED Green Associate exam. This is a synopsis of the four key standards and how to memorize them.
The Princeton Review, in partnership with USGBC's Center for Green Schools, released their 4th Annual free guide to 322 of the best green colleges.
After November 2012, the eligibility requirement for LEED Green Associate exam no longer exists. However, the LEED AP exam still requires project experience.
Green MBA Programs are gaining popularity in the United States as non-focused, conventional MBA applications decline. These sustainable MBA programs sustainable business, the environment, and social responsibility into their courses, when compared with classes at the top MBA programs in the U.S.
Hi everyone!
My name is Claire and I wrote this to provide an easy to understand guide to help you pass the LEED Green Associate exam with confidence. I joined Poplar Network shortly after I graduated from Cornell with a degree in environmental science.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy Environmental Design.
Created by the US Green Building council, LEED is a green building program that certifies new and existing projects that meet the requirements set forth in its rating systems. It is the most popular green building rating system in the United States and is actively being used in 135 countries across the globe.
Each LEED rating system is designed to work with a specific type of building project. Rating systems include: