Green Options » LEED Categories http://greenoptions.com/tag/leed-categories Posts tagged 'LEED Categories' Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Dockside Green is the Highest Rated LEED Platinum Project in the World http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/08/05/dockside-green-is-the-highest-rated-leed-platinum-project-in-the-world/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/08/05/dockside-green-is-the-highest-rated-leed-platinum-project-in-the-world/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:05:40 +0000 Kristin Dispenza http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/08/05/dockside-green-is-the-highest-rated-leed-platinum-project-in-the-world/ \The LEED for New Construction rating system awards a total of 69 points in 6 categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation and Design.

The project obtaining the most LEED points (for new construction) has, until recently, been the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center in Wisconsin, which received 61 points. But last week, Phase I of the Dockside Green development in Victoria, British Columbia, set a new point record. (Green Building Elements first covered the Dockside Green project in February.)

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