What is LEED? You’ve probably heard the term thrown around at construction sites or in conversations about green buildings, but what is LEED exactly? LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a globally recognized certification system for green building. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides a framework for healthy,…
In the pursuit of LEED certification, maintaining accurate records and ensuring all documentation is up-to-date is crucial. This guide provides a comprehensive list of best practices to help you through the quality control process ensuring a successful LEED project close out. By following these steps, you can help ensure your project’s compliance with LEED standards…
As seen on constructionbusinessowner.com The built environment is the bedrock of thriving communities. It may also be their most potent liability, with enormous climate and environmental repercussions. This is why governments, regulators, activists, communities and, increasingly, construction companies are taking notice and adapting their approaches accordingly. One Deloitte analysis notes: “The engineering and construction (E&C)…
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.
Simplify LEED Certification Top 10 Questions for LEED Construction At Green Badger, we’ve had the opportunity to help thousands of design and construction teams navigate LEED certification. Since we often encounter the same LEED questions, we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 most frequently asked questions along with their answers. Construction is a complicated…
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LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and the AIA (American Institute of Architects) Materials Pledge are both initiatives aimed at promoting sustainability in the built environment, but they operate in slightly different spheres. LEED v5 and the pledge can support one another in a few ways. But first, let’s review what they are individually….
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.
You’re all set! You can access the LEED Product Guide here at any time. The LEED Product Guide Your definitive guide for finding Option 1 and Option 2 products to most easily earn the Environmental Product Declaration and Material Ingredient Reporting credits in LEED v4 and v4.1. Download Now Did you know Green Badger also…
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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Case Study: Every LEED construction project faces a unique set of challenges often requiring equally unique solutions. For Leapley Construction’s work, refitting the top four floors of a building in midtown Atlanta for a financial technology (FinTech) company, the solutions had a common theme. An experienced project manager with sustainability credentials, Erin Siller (RID, IIDA,…
