LEED Resources for Construction Project Teams

by Tommy Linstroth
Founder and CEO at Green Badger
LEED Fellow

A comprehensive overview of Green Badger’s LEED Resources for construction projects teams to utilize from site work to commissioning.

Green Badger aims to make Sustainability Simplified for all of our construction project teams. That’s why we’ve put together a list of all the LEED Resources that your team needs to succeed.

Comprehensive LEED Resources:

Online Course
- Green Badger’s LEED Academy – 2.5 Hour Online Course
  - The most comprehensive educational resource for general contractors, filled with practical guidance on how to achieve LEED construction credits.
Blog Post
- The Ultimate Guide to LEED v4 and v4.1 Construction
  - This guide addresses each of the LEED construction credits in order of how you’ll typically handle them on your job site throughout construction including the requirements, strategies, best practices, and summaries for each credit.
- Overview to LEED 2009 vs. LEED v4
  - This is part one in Green Badger’s series of deep dives into the changes for LEED v4.1 and how they may affect project teams moving forward.
Webinar
- Essential Playbook to Managing LEED Construction
  - Access this on-demand webinar where Green Badger CEO and LEED Fellow, Tommy Linstroth, walks you through all of the construction credits you’ll need to handle if you’re tasked with managing a LEED project.

LEED Resources Construction Activity Pollution Prevention

Ebook
- SSp1: Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
  - SSp1 Construction Activity Pollution Prevention is required on all LEED projects. In this ebook, Green Badger gives you the best practices and strategies to achieve this prerequisite.

LEED Resources for Construction Waste Management

Ebook
- LEED MRc5: Construction Waste Management Ebook
  - 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.Templates
- Construction Waste Management Plan Template
  - 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.
Blog Posts
- LEED v4.1 Construction Waste Management
  - This is part five in Green Badger’s series of deep dives into the changes for LEED v4.1 and how they may affect project teams moving forward.
- Earning MRc5 LEED Construction Waste Management in v4 and v4.1
  - Construction waste management is pursued on nearly every LEED project, and for good reason. With proper planning, two points are achievable.

LEED Resources for BPDO/Materials Credits

Blog Posts
Ebooks
- 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.
- MRc2 Option 1: Environmental Product Declarations
  - In this ebook, Green Badger gives you the best practices and strategies to earn the MRc2 Option 1 credit for Environmental Product Declarations in LEED v4 and v4.1.
- MRc2 Option 2: Multi-Attribute Optimization
  - In this ebook, Green Badger gives you the best practices and strategies to earn the MRc2 Option 2 credit for Multi-Attribute Optimization in LEED v4 and v4.1.
- MRc3: Sourcing of Raw Materials
  - In this ebook, Green Badger gives you the best practices and strategies to earn the MRc3 Sourcing of Raw Materials in LEED v4 and v4.1.
- MRc4 Option 1: Material Ingredient Reporting
  - In this ebook, Green Badger gives you the best practices and strategies to earn the MRc4 Option 1: Material Ingredient Reporting in LEED v4 and v4.1.
- MRc4 Option 2: Material Ingredient Optimization
  - In this ebook, Green Badger gives you the best practices and strategies to earn the MRc4 Option 2: Material Ingredient Optimization in LEED v4 and v4.1.

Webinars
- Nailing Your LEED Submittals: Expert Advice from Start to Finish
  - There are a number of pain-points in the LEED documentation process, but one of the most painful is often the LEED Submittal process. In this webinar, three expert sustainability panelists share their insights and best practices to make the LEED submittal process as effective and efficient as possible.
- The 30 Most Popular Products to Earn v4.1 BPDO Credits Webinar
  - This session will provide a roadmap for project teams to create their own pathways towards nailing the BPDO credits. Project teams can be overwhelmed by choices, and spend hundreds of hours researching products and compliance opportunities. Attendees will come away with a proven package of products to jumpstart their path to earning these LEED credits.
Templates:
- LEED v4.1 Materials Submittal Cover Sheet

LEED Resources for Low-Emitting Materials

Blog Posts:
- LEED v4.1 Low Emitting Materials
  - This is part four in Green Badger’s series of deep dives into the changes for LEED v4.1 and how they may affect project teams moving forward.
Templates:
- Guide to Allowable VOC Limits – Coming Soon!
Ebooks
- IEQc2: Low Emitting Materials – Coming Soon!

LEED Resources for Indoor Air Quality

Blog Posts
- LEED v4.1 Offers Guidance on Indoor Air Quality
  - If contractors want to make interior air quality (IAQ) a priority for their next construction project, look no further than the requirements in LEED v4.1.
- LEED Strategies: Using a management plan to improve air quality
  - It might not always be top of mind on the jobsite, but what happens during construction will affect the indoor air quality of a building long after a project is finished.
Ebooks
- IEQc3: Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan – Coming Soon!
- IEQc4: Indoor Air Quality Assessment – Coming Soon!
Templates
- IAQ Management Plan Template
  - If you’ve read our Ultimate Guide to LEED v4 Construction, you’ll know that developing and implementing an indoor air quality (IAQ) management plan for the construction and preoccupancy phases of the building is required to earn the IEQc3 credit – and this template is a great place to start!