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City of Savona, Italy | LEED for Cities | Gold
ABOUT LEED

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Driving green building
Top triggers driving future green building activity:
• Client demands
• Environmental regulations
• Healthier buildings
*World Green Building Trends 2018 SmartMarket Report, Dodge Data and Analytics, 2018.

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Driving green building
Business benefits driving green building:
• Decreased operating costs
• Short payback periods
• Asset value increases
• Creating healthier indoor environments
*World Green Building Trends 2018 SmartMarket Report, Dodge Data and Analytics, 2018.

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A LEED for every project.
LEED addresses new and existing: interior spaces, buildings, homes, communities and cities.
Fremont Office Building
Seattle, Washington | LEED Gold
Photo by Built Work
Photography Courtesy Weber Thompson
Taikoo Li Sanlitun North
Beijing,China | LEED Gold
Photo credit: ShuJun
The Element House
Sarasota, Florida | LEED Platinum
Photo credit: Ryan Gamma Photography
Hoboken, New Jersey
LEED for Cities Gold
Photo credit: ShuJun

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Benefits of LEED certification
• Save Money
• Consume Less Energy
• Use Less Water
• Use Fewer Resources
• Better Indoor
Environmental Quality

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Prerequisites + Points
=
LEED Certification

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Certified
40 – 49
points earned
Silver
50 – 69
points earned
Gold
60 – 79
points earned
Platinum
80+
points earned

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LEED Rating Systems
LEED for Building
Design and
Construction (BD+C)
LEED for Interior
Design and
Construction (ID+C)
LEED for Residential
Design and
Construction
LEED for Building
Operations and
Maintenance (O+M)
LEED for Cities and
Communities
• New Construction and
Major Renovation
• Core and Shell
Development
• Schools
• Retail
• Data Centers
• Warehouses and
Distribution Centers
• Hospitality
• Healthcare
• Commercial interiors
• Retail
• Hospitality
• Single Family Homes
• Multifamily Homes
• Multifamily Homes Core
and Shell
• Existing Buildings
• Existing Interiors
• Plan and Design
• Existing

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“Our data proves that the cost of pursuing LEED adds
less than 1% of the total project costs while accounting to
significant water & energy savings and subsequent payback.”
— Heather Stewart, Populous

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“By building in this manner, the sustainable
features of the buildings pay for themselves
through their efficiencies within 8 years.”
— V. Lane Rawlins, University of North Texas

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LEED and the Corporate
Built Environment
82%
said they were likely to
continue to use LEED
over the next 3 years 60%
believed LEED
positively impacts
their ROI
70%
said they pursue LEED
to save money by being
more energy efficient 80%
agree LEED is a key way
their company communicates
sustainability efforts
U.S. Green Building Council. (2015). LEED and the Corporate Built Environment.

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“In contrast to what most people in the industry think, building Green
doesn’t necessarily need to cost more. The key to success is to
make green an integrated and natural part of the process from
the first day of planning and through the entire life of a building.”
— Pierre Olofsson, CEO of Skanska Sweden

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“Meanwhile, the certification of real estate details whether a property
is sustainable or not. This is not an image of improvement to the
sector, but a market transformation that makes a building’s qualities
transparent and understandable. Not having a property certified
constitutes a question of risk management.”
— Klaus-Peter Hesse, Managing Director of the German Property Federation (ZIA)

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204,000+
LEED Professionals stand out in the building
industry with a LEED Green Associate™
or LEED AP® credential that’s designed to
demonstrate their knowledge in the sustainable
design, construction, operations and
maintenance of buildings and communities.

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Arc™ is a building performance monitoring and
scoring platform for LEED-certified projects, providing
annual LEED recertification and global benchmarking.
The plaque displays a LEED performance score, which
reflects the measured performance of the building
across five categories: energy, water, waste,
transportation and human experience. Arc makes the
invisible actionable and offers a means for interaction
with the building on multiple levels.

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usgbc.org/membership
Join us

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Path to LEED Certification
Step 1:
Register your
project in Arc
Step 2:
Pre-certify
Step 3:
Share data to
receive a score
Step 4:
GBCI review
of data
Step 5:
Certify to LEED

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Join USGBC as
a member.
Choose your level of
membership based on your
corporate goals.
Identify your
building portfolio.
You’ll work directly with your
USGBC Account Manager to
register your buildings on the
Arc platform.
Work towards
certification on Arc.
Your Account Manager will support
all your projects as they work
toward certification using Arc. We’ll
also help promote your corporate
sustainable footprint and brand.
Submit projects
for certification.
With all prerequisites completed
& 12 months of data reported,
your projects can submit for
LEED certification.
Certify to
LEED.

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LEED-certified buildings have consistently achieved
higher rents compared to their non-LEED
counterparts, averaging $4.13 or 11.1% higher rent
than non-LEED certified buildings.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainable Office Outperforms in Class A Urban Markets.

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LEED-certified assets outperform during recession-recovery
periods, having lower vacancies than their non-LEED
counterparts in the wake of COVID-19.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainable Office Outperforms in Class A Urban Markets.

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The pandemic accelerated tenant demand for ESG assets. Since
2020, the occupancy rate for LEED-certified assets has increased
from 90% to 92% in the U.S., while non-LEED occupancy in the
U.S. has fallen from 90% to 88% over the same period.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainable Office Outperforms in Class A Urban Markets.

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Since 2018, LEED-certified assets held a 21.4% higher average
market sales price per square foot over non-LEED buildings.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainable Office Outperforms in Class A Urban Markets.

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LEED-certified building inventory continues to grow rapidly,
making up 46% of urban deliveries in the last 10 years.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainable Office Outperforms in Class A Urban Markets.

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The LEED-certified office has consistently performed at a premium
when it comes to pricing across quality classes and geographies.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainability’s Impact on Office Investment Pricing.

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Keeping quality and class constant, LEED-certified Class A urban
office sales generated a 25.3% price per square foot premium over
non-certified buildings, while LEED-certified Class A suburban office
achieved a 40.9% premium over non-certified assets.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainability’s Impact on Office Investment Pricing.

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LEED-certified Class B office achieved the highest premium,
77.5% over its non-certified comparable set.
Cushman & Wakefield. (2021). Green Is Good: Sustainability’s Impact on Office Investment Pricing.

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What are the top two opportunities for the green building
industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
2021 USGBC / GBCI Community Report

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What building issues have become more important to the
green building community due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
2021 USGBC / GBCI Community Report

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35% of all LEED credits relate
to climate change
Source: usgbc.org/leed

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Buildings are responsible for
almost 40%
of global CO2 emissions
Source: usgbc.org/articles/role-leed-climate-change-mitigation