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Green Badger LEED & Sustainable Construction Resources

Green Badger Academy

2.5 Hour Online Course for General Contractors on LEED v4/v4.1

Everything you need to to tackle LEED construction credits, from construction waste diversion to IAQ inspections.

Don't do a LEED project without learning this vital information!

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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.

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Ebooks

Concrete Submittal for a LEED Project - Green Badger
September 10, 2025

Concrete Submittal for a LEED Project eBook

This eBook shows how concrete materials and related products can earn LEED credits and guides contractors through documentation like EPDs, recycled content, and VOC compliance. It also offers tools, templates, and brand references to simplify LEED submittals.

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Green Badger - MRc5 Construction Waste Management ebook
June 28, 2024

LEED MRc5: Construction Waste Management

In this eBook, Green Badger gives you the best practices and strategies to earn the MRc5 credit for Construction Waste Management in LEED v4 and v4.1.

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June 13, 2024

Green Jobsite Guidelines

While back at the home office, employees benefit from LED light, air monitoring, healthy snacks and EV charging. It often is very different at the jobsite trailer – where teams may be spending the next 24-36 months of their lives! This guide focuses on creating greener, healthier, and safer construction sites where the majority of employees spend their day.

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Interior Architecture Products for LEED - Green Badger
April 19, 2024

Interior Architectural Finishes & Furniture for LEED

It’s one of the worst feelings for an interior designer: you put your heart and soul into a great design only to face last-minute changes dictated by factors outside of your control. Through our collaborations with thousands of project teams and hundreds of designers, Green Badger has identified interior architectural finishes and furniture products linked to LEED attributes.

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April 4, 2024

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.

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LEED Product Guide - Products Only
March 7, 2024

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.

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Upcoming Webinars

Wednesday, June 24 at 2PM EDT

2026 June LEED Construction User Group Webinar

Wed, June 24, 2026 | 2:00 PM EDT Live Webinar: Monthly LEED Construction User Group Attend this free live session Join our expert-led live webinar! Stop Guessing LEED. Get Clear Answers from Experts. WHY THIS…

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Thursday, July 9 at 12PM EDT

LEED v5 for Construction & Contractors: Delivering High-Performance Projects on the Jobsite

This live webinar is a CE-credit-eligible session designed for general contractors, construction managers, and trade partners to explore their role in LEED v5.

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On-Demand Webinars

June 17, 2026

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.

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April 30, 2026

April 2026 LEED Construction User Group

Rewatch the LEED Construction User Group to get your LEED questions answered and find solutions to your construction challenges.

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April 23, 2026

RCI Certification & What It Means for Your Projects

Explore the RCI Certification framework and its role in modern project delivery and compliance workflows.

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Templates

ESG Metrics Worksheet

Benchmarking is a critical part of implementing ESG in your organization, because you need to know where you are before you can determine where you need to go. We’ve all heard the phrase, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure” and that is absolutely the case when it comes to ESG.

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General Contractor Submittal Example

To make your construction business shine, you gotta know what these submittals are, why they matter, the basics of a good template, what goes into them, and how to make the whole process easier.

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LEED Spec Template for Green Badger

Unlock the blueprint to construction success by downloading our specifications document—where every nail, bolt, and beam is a pixel in the masterpiece of your project. It’s the ultimate toolkit for turning “I think I can” into “I absolutely nailed it!”

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Green Jobsite Signage

Signage can be a powerful tool to remind everyone on the site that their actions have an impact on the overall sustainability of the construction site. Hanging signs in different areas can help teams remember the sustainability practices. Our kit includes signs in both English and Spanish.

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Green Badger's Anti-Idling Policy Template

Anti-Idling Policy Template

If your company does not already have an anti-idling policy in place, you can use our sample anti-idling policy and modify it as needed to reduce emissions on-site. The policy includes guidance, exceptions, and how it can be monitored and enforced.

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Wellness Plan Template

A key component of improving sustainability on construction is creating a jobsite wellness plan to give your project teams the space to think about different things that affect health and wellness. This sample jobsite wellness plan includes an outline, as well as some examples of health and wellness tactics that can be implemented.

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LEED Credit Cheat Sheets

IEQc2: Low Emitting Materials Cheat Sheet

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.

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Construction Activity Pollution Prevention Cheat Sheet for LEED v4/v4.1

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.

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MRc5 Construction Waste Management LEED Credit Cheat Sheet

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.

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Indoor Air Quality Management Cheat Sheet

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.

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Indoor Air Quality Assessment Cheat Sheet for LEED v4/v4.1

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.

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Green Badger Blog

LEED v5 Is Here: What General Contractors Need to Know Right Now

June 8, 2026

If you’re a general contractor, superintendent, or project manager working on LEED-certified projects, here’s what you need to understand about what’s changing.  One of the most important shifts in LEED v5 is how the points are distributed: Carbon performance is now the center of gravity for the entire rating system. The familiar Certified, Silver, Gold,…

LEED v5: Green Badger 2.0 & MRp2 Quantify & Assess Embodied Carbon Prerequisite

June 5, 2026

by Wiley GrossSustainability Associate at Green Badger It’s hard to believe Q2 of 2026 is nearly over! The Green Badger pack is ready to rumble with LEED v5 preparation for our project teams, especially now that USGBC has set a firm expiration date on LEED v4 registration. Don’t be scared; be prepared with Green Badger. …

Heading to San Diego for AIA26? Here’s the question every Materials Pledge Signatory should be asking

June 2, 2026

Next week, thousands of architects, designers, and sustainability leaders will gather in San Diego for the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026. If you’ve been before, you know the energy—it’s an event where you can feel where the profession is heading. And if the last few years are any indication, one theme isn’t going…

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