What is LEED EBOM certification?
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the USGBC, in particular LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EBOM), aids building managers in greening their operation. Achieving certification means a building utilizes tried-and-true sustainability practices.
What does LEED Gold status mean?
Construction Management LEED is the acronym that is short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED Silver buildings earn 50–59 points. LEED Gold buildings earn 60–79 points. LEED Platinum buildings earn 80 or more points.
What is required for LEED Gold certification?
To achieve LEED Certified status requires 40 points; 50 points will put a site at the Silver level; between 60 and 79 points earn Gold certification; and buildings that reach a minimum of 80 points are awarded Platinum status.
What is LEED Gold certification and its advantage?
LEED certified buildings reduce stress on the environment. They are more energy and resource-efficient. They generate less waste and lower the use of energy, water, and other resources. Points can be earned for storage and collection of recyclables, renewable energy use, and indoor water use reduction.
Why is LEED not good?
There’s nothing wrong with saving energy, but unfortunately “green” building ratings systems such as LEED offer little more than a plaque and a press release. What’s worse, these rating systems make buildings more expensive to build, and thus to occupy.
Is LEED expensive?
According to recently filed court documents, the minimum cost of LEED certification is $2,900 for a new building under 50,000 sq ft. 1 LEED certification fees for a newly constructed building over 500,000 sq ft amount to $20,000 (plus a $900 initial registration fee).
Which LEED category has the highest points?
The LEED Platinum level certification achieves the highest honor and the LEED Certified level achieves basic, fundamental performance.
What is the LEED-EBOM rating system?
According to the USGBC website, the LEED-EBOM rating system helps building operators measure operations, improvements and maintenance, with the goal of maximizing operational efficiency and minimizing environmental impacts.
How can your department get LEED-EBOM credits?
Custodial departments can also help obtain LEED-EBOM points by implementing entry mats and reducing tracked-ion contaminants, or developing and maintaining a pest management program. However, says Opitz, these credits are optional.
Do LEED certifications expire?
A special feature of LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED- EBOM) certifications is that they come with an expiration date: since the certification is all about ongoing performance, project buildings have been required to seek recertification every five years.
How do I recertify my project in LEED Online?
For now, recertification projects have to register in LEED Online as a new project. (If doing that, write “recertification” in your project name.) LEED Online submittals will be streamlined and will focus on documenting ongoing performance of EBOM projects. Projects won’t have to re-document static environmental features.
