Green Badger LEED & Sustainable Construction Resources
The Ultimate Guide to LEED v4 and v4.1 Construction Credits for General Contractors
The most comprehensive educational resource for general contractors, filled with practical guidance on how to achieve LEED construction credits.
It's essential for project teams to opt into LEED v4.1 for all the BPDO credits and for Low Emitting Materials. It may or may not be useful for Construction Waste Management, and won’t make a difference for Construction Activity Pollution prevention or Indoor air quality management.
Ebooks
Guide to EPD and MIR: Options 1 & 2
The general contractor gets a generic spec that says “Obtain EPDs where available,” but no strategy/guidance of where to look, or a spec that calls for a product with an HPD but it costs 20% more. That’s where this guide comes in. It’s a starting point for where to most easily and readily find products that meet the requirements for EPDs and MIR.
The LEED Product Guide
A framework of the product categories with the broadest number of manufacturers and product lines with EPDs, HPDs, Cradle to Cradle certifications, Declare labels. Along with anything else you need to earn LEED materials credits for Environmental Product Declarations, Option 1 & Material Ingredient Reporting, Option 1.
LEED v4.1 BioBased Product Guide – January 2024 Update
Biobased products meet one of the Leadership Extraction Practices requirements for Sourcing of Raw Materials under LEED v4.1. Green Badger has compiled a list of Biobased products to help guide you in your LEED journey.
EPD and MIR Option 2 Product Guide – January 2024 Update
There aren’t currently a lot of products that comply with Materials and Resources Option 2 optimization requirements. That’s why we release EPD and MIR Option 2 product updates to keep your teams in the loop when new products hit the market.
The General Contractor’s Roadmap for ESG Implementation eBook
This roadmap will equip General Contractors with the essential tools and strategies needed to become more profitable, attract and retain talent, and become a market leader through ESG.
IEQc4: Indoor Air Quality Assessment
In this ebook, we give you best practices and strategies to earn IEQc4 Indoor Air Quality Assessment in LEED v4 and v4.1.
Upcoming Webinars
LEED v5 Starts Earlier: From Assessment to Action
LEED v5 Starts Earlier: From Assessment to Action Wednesday, December 9, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET Attend the session The biggest change in LEED v5 may not be what the credits require, but when. Every project now has…
Platform Updates: Office Hours
Walkthrough and Office Hours Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 11 AM EST Attend the session After a decade of empowering project teams with industry-leading sustainability software, Green Badger has released a major platform update. The…
Platform Updates: Office Hours
Walkthrough and Office Hours Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 1 PM EST Attend the session After a decade of empowering project teams with industry-leading sustainability software, Green Badger has released a major platform update. The…
Platform Updates: Office Hours
Walkthrough and Office Hours Monday, November 16, 2026, at 10 AM EST Attend the session After a decade of empowering project teams with industry-leading sustainability software, Green Badger has released a major platform update. The…
Platform Updates: Office Hours
Walkthrough and Office Hours Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 2 PM EST Attend the session After a decade of empowering project teams with industry-leading sustainability software, Green Badger has released a major platform update. The…
On-Demand Webinars
October 2026 LEED Construction User Group
Rewatch the LEED Construction User Group to get your LEED questions answered and find solutions to your construction challenges.
August 2026 LEED Construction User Group
Rewatch the LEED Construction User Group to get your LEED questions answered and find solutions to your construction challenges.
Innovation in Construction Waste Management – Practices That Make a Difference
Learn how top GCs use onsite waste strategies, digital ESG tools, and LEED principles to turn project waste into cost savings and carbon reduction.
Templates
LEED v5 Submittal Cover Sheet
Green Badger’s free LEED v5 Materials Submittal Coversheet simplifies project documentation by organizing all key product and sustainability information needed for LEED v5 compliance in one place.
Indoor Air Quality Management Plan | LEED v5 Template
Use the plan template as a framework to fill out and to determine whether you are on course to meet the requirements for the credit.
Construction Waste Management Plan | LEED v5 Template
Use the plan template as a framework to fill out and to determine whether you are on course to meet the requirements for the credit.
Material Takeoff Sheet Instructions | LEED v5
INSTRUCTIONS Material Takeoff Sheet Instructions This guide walks you through filling out the Material Takeoff Spreadsheet. Follow three steps to quickly and accurately log your project’s embodied carbon materials.
Material Takeoff Sheet for Embodied Carbon Tracking | LEED v5
TEMPLATE Material Takeoff Sheet for Embodied Carbon Tracking
Construction Waste Management Template Download
Having a good construction waste management plan is the first step towards earning MRc5 Construction Waste Management in LEED v4.1. First of all, it is required for the pre-requisite under MRp2 to have a construction waste management plan.
LEED Credit Cheat Sheets
LEED Low Emitting Materials Cheat Sheet
Access the Low Emitting Cheat Sheet with Green Badger's recommendations for which categories to track to earn the LEED v4/v4.1 Low Emitting Materials credit.
LEED Construction Activity Pollution Prevention Cheat Sheet
This is the only LEED construction-related prerequisite. You have to achieve this or your project cannot earn certification; it's required on all LEED projects.
LEED Construction Waste Management Plan Cheat Sheet
Access the cheat sheet to see Green Badger's recommendations for how to earn the LEED v4/v4.1 Construction Waste Management credit.
LEED Indoor Air Quality Management Cheat Sheet
Access the Indoor Air Quality Management Cheat Sheet with Green Badger's recommendations for which categories to track to earn this LEED v4/v4.1 credit.
LEED Indoor Air Quality Assessment Cheat Sheet
Access the cheat sheet for Green Badger's recommendations for which path to take for earning IEQc4 Indoor Air Quality Assessment for LEED v4.1.
Green Badger Blog
Greenbuild 2026 Recap: Turning Sustainability Goals Into Everyday Practice
Greenbuild is over, the booth is packed, and we’re back from New York with plenty to think about! For the Green Badger team on the ground, one takeaway stood out: delivering more sustainable buildings depends on making the work easier to carry out. Teams need clear requirements, useful information, and a process that connects decisions…
Save Hours on Material Verification with Material Library Software
By Kristin Brubaker Head of Sustainable Construction Services A material library helps design and construction teams research building products, vet them against sustainability criteria, and save the approved products for reuse on future projects. Green Badger, the LEED compliance and green jobsite management platform, now lets teams create their own material libraries right in the…
Green Badger is headed to New York, and we’re proud to be a Greenbuild 2026 sponsor!
Join us at the Javits Center October 20–23, and visit Booth 1218 during the Expo, October 21–22. Bring your toughest sustainability challenge. We’ll help you explore practical ways to spend less time chasing documentation and more time moving your projects forward. Here is the full line of what you can explore with us: See Green…
Sustainability compliance has never been this easy.
Learn how you can eliminate the headache of LEED paperwork and streamline construction ESG tracking. Schedule a personal demonstration with one of our LEED gurus to see how Green Badger can shave hours off your to-do list and improve your green building compliance.
