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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Upcoming Webinars
Navigating the Complexities of LEED v5 Construction
LEED v5 is a transformation with sweeping changes that are more ambitious—and more complex—than ever before. Join this webinar for a technical deep dive into the new LEED v5 construction credits and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving green building landscape.
2026 April LEED Construction User Group Webinar
Wed, Apr 29, 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…
2026 April RCI Webinar
Thurs, Apr 22, 2026 | 2:00 PM EDT RCI Certification & What It Means for Your Projects Live Session | Free to Attend REGISTER NOW Join our expert-led live webinar! Understanding the Standard, Process, and…
On-Demand Webinars
February 2026 LEED Construction User Group
Listen in for answers to your LEED questions and headaches at our LEED Construction User Group on the last Wednesday of every other month!
Building California: From LEED v5 to Contractor’s Commitment & CalGreen
Join us for an exclusive walkthrough of the updated LEED construction credits, expanded product database, embodied carbon calculator, and all the other features we’ve packed in.
Revealed: New LEED v5 Functionality Saves More Time
Join us for an exclusive walkthrough of the updated LEED construction credits, expanded product database, embodied carbon calculator, and all the other features we’ve packed in.
Templates
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.
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!”
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.
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.
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.
Green Jobsite Kit
This green jobsite kit include a wellness plan template, an anti-idling policy template, downloadable jobsite signs, and a guide for best practices.
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
Decoding the Flow: Key Differences Between Stormwater Pollution Prevention and Erosion Sedimentation Control Inspections
SWPPP vs. ESC: Same Storm, Different Inspection Goals When LEED project teams hear Construction Activity Pollution Prevention, the knee-jerk reaction is often: “Got it—SWPPP inspections.” But here’s the twist: SWPPP ≠ ESC, and one does not automatically cover the other. Your civil team develops an Erosion and Sedimentation Control (ESC) plan, and it’s essential that…
LEED v5 Construction Credits: What’s New, What’s Changed, and What Teams Need to Know
LEED v5 was officially balloted and approved by USGBC members in late spring, with the final rating system and initial reference guide released in May 2025. Additional tools and guidance followed throughout the year, including a major rollout of resources at Greenbuild in November 2025. Now that project teams have had time to apply LEED…
The Alphabet Soup of Sustainable Construction
When researching sustainability in construction, there are a lot of acronyms that can be confusing to anyone new to the field. This blog is your guide to the 15 most common terms related to sustainability in construction and the built environment.
Sustainability compliance has never been this easy.
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