What is LEED for Homes?
LEED for Homes is a voluntary rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes including affordable housing, production homes, custom designs, duplexes, townhouses, and condominiums and lofts in historic buildings. Under LEED for Homes is the Mid-rise pilot consisting of building with 4 to 6 stories.
LEED stands for LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. LEED for Homes is a green home rating system for ensuring that homes are designed and built to be energy and resource efficient and healthy for occupants. LEED can be applied to single and multi-family homes and is intended for both market-rate and affordable housing. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) originally developed the LEED green building rating system in 2000 for new commercial construction. Following the LEED’s success in the commercial sector, USGBC began the pilot test for LEED for Homes pilot program and more than 150 that have been LEED certified as a green home. The LEED for Homes pilot test concluded in the spring of 2007 and USGBC launched LEED for homes rating system in June 2007.
LEED stands for Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design and is a third party rating system for green buildings created by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council) run by none other than our US government. There is an category checklist with mandatory and optional items. Depending on the amount of points amassed in each of these categories, a home will recieve a certified, silver, gold or platinum rating. We are aiming for the highest rating – Platinum. For more on the LEED process check out this LEED Summary post and our LEED Category for more detailed information.
