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
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.
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.
IEQc3: Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan
In this ebook, we give you best practices and strategies to earn IEQc3 Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan in LEED v4 and v4.1.
The Essential Guide to Achieving LEED v4 and v4.1 BPDO Credits
Download the BPDO Guide to get expert advice and strategies for achieving all of the LEED v4 and v4.1 construction materials credits.
IEQc2: Low Emitting Materials
In this ebook, Green Badger gives you best practices and strategies to earn IEQc2: Low Emitting Materials in LEED v4 and v4.1.
MRc4 Option 2: Material Ingredient Optimization
In this ebook, Green Badger gives you best practices and strategies to earn MRc4 Option 2: Material Ingredient Optimization 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.
Upcoming Webinars
April 2024 LEED Construction User Group
Bring all of your LEED questions and headaches to our LEED Construction User Group on the last Wednesday of every other month!
The Legal Landscape of ESG: A Builder/Developer’s Guide
Richard E. Glaze, Jr., Partner with Barnes & Thornburg LLP, will offer his expertise as an attorney on ESG, why stakeholders are demanding disclosures, disclosure forums, climate reporting issues, legal requirements for ESG, and what the future holds for ESG.
On-Demand Webinars
Specifications & Submittals
This session focuses on the importance of specification content in Division 1 as well as other technical sections, and how the requirements outlined can be improved from standard industry templates commonly used as starting points for projects.
February 2024 LEED Construction User Group
Watch now! This is a recorded session of the February 2024 LEED Construction User Group.
Selecting Optimized Products for LEED Projects
This video is designed to provide you with a roadmap on earning both Option 1 and Option 2 for materials and resources credit. We also discuss which products are currently being used by LEED project teams across the US.
August 2023 LEED Construction User Group
Bring all of your LEED questions and headaches to our LEED Construction User Group on the last Wednesday of every other month!
The General Contractor’s Roadmap for ESG Implementation
ESG is everywhere nowadays. But, what does it mean for general contractors and the construction industry? In this highly anticipated webinar, we will unveil Green Badger’s groundbreaking ESG Implementation Roadmap for General Contractors, designed to navigate the uncharted waters of ESG in construction. 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. Register now and be part of the ESG revolution in the construction industry.
April 2023 LEED Construction User Group
Watch now! This is a recorded session of the LEED Construction User Group.
Furniture for a Sustainable Future: Steelcase and LEED Credits
Join Green Badger and Steelcase’s Global Sustainability Consultant, Eric Doyle, for an insightful webinar on how furniture products can be a valuable asset in achieving LEED credits. Gain a deeper understanding of LEED documentation for furniture products and the BIFMA LEVEL certification system from Eric’s expertise. Discover how Steelcase products can contribute to meeting your sustainability goals, and the seamless process of working with Steelcase dealers. Learn about Steelcase’s commitment to materials transparency and eliminating chemicals of concern.
Subcontractor Training: Tips and Tricks for GCs
Subcontractors play an essential role in the success of LEED construction credits. The Green Badger team discusses best practices General Contractors can use to ensure subcontractors provide clean LEED submittals to avoid the dreaded Revise and Resubmit. The topics covered include best practices for subcontractor training, lessons learned from hundreds of projects, and insights into common stumbling blocks.
Moving Beyond the LEED Checklist: Measuring ESG Impacts
LEED buildings are critical to addressing climate change and meeting ESG goals, enhancing resilience, and supporting more equitable communities. However, many projects fall short of meeting such ESG initiatives through a lack of rigor and measurement. Companies, investment funds, and building assets are now increasingly being asked by investors and regulators to back up ESG commitments with real-world measured performance – but how?
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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
Inspiring Companies to Go Green on Earth Day 2024
On this Earth Day, we want to encourage companies to reduce their environmental impact and inspire others to do the same. You have the power to implement easy actions that support sustainability in your work environment. If we can do it, you can too! In 2023, we took significant strides by tracking and offsetting our…
Construction ESG at CMAA Focus 24
Last month, Green Badger and Jenn Taranto from STO Building Group gave a presentation on ESG in construction, covering important topics. The Construction Managers Association of America (CMAA) organized Focus 24, held in the vibrant city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 10-12, 2024. CMAA Focus 24 serves as a premier platform providing construction professionals with…
Specification and Submittals – The Keys to Project Success
Project specifications are a pretty important piece of the project documents, and are critical to ensuring sustainability goals will be met. Unfortunately, there are way too many generic specifications that don’t set up the project team for success. And that’s what they are supposed to do, right? Specifications don’t have to be generic – where…
Green Badger’s 2023 Annual Sustainability Report
2023 was a busy year for Green Badger – we launched our full ESG platform, spoke at events across the country, produced some great educational resources including the General Contractors Roadmap to ESG implementation as well as a number of product guides, cheat sheets and templates to help our project teams and the entire green…
The Basics of Embodied Carbon
Embodied carbon is one of the hottest topics in the sustainable building industry, and for a good reason. 51% of carbon emissions from construction will be from embodied carbon between 2020 – 2050 (Architecture 2030). Reducing embodied carbon emissions is going to be a key strategy for sustainability in the building industry. Embodied Carbon, Explained…
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Learn more about 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 the impact Green Badger can have on your green building compliance.