Fast LEED Continuing Education

The LEED Charrette, or eco-charrette, process is critical to the success of any LEED project as it helps establish the approach for every LEED Credit the project plans to pursue. Often times during the beginning of a project, revisions to the design can affect the approach to certain LEED credits, which can jeopardize or improve the possibility for credit achievement.

The goal of the Water Efficient Landscaping Credit is not to reduce landscaped area, but rather to implement water efficient landscaping practices such as drought tolerant plant species and drip irrigation. You will calculate the reduction in water used for landscaping by following the calculations outlined in the Reference Guide summary provided.

Optimize Energy Performance is an essential credit addressing energy efficiency in LEED. The energy model process is critical to any ground up or major renovation project and is worth more points than any other LEED Credit. As part of our project team, you will review the energy model report to determine our percentage reduction in energy usage and the corresponding number of points our project will achieve.

Specifying high-recycled content materials reduces the demand on raw materials while at the same time reducing the waste stream. On LEED projects, specifying recycled content materials is the easy part; tracking and documenting the pre and post consumer recycled content of each product can be a challenge.

You will be assisting the contractor with calculating the recycled content dollar value that will be applied toward the project for the concrete mix, one of the higher-cost materials on the project.

Upon completion, you will have an understanding of how to document the various materials purchasing credits on any type of LEED project.