What other green building certifications exist besided USGBC / LEED?
I am looking for another method to certify a warehouse project besides LEED (the building type doesn’t qualify for LEED certification) and am interested in other rating or certification services besides LEED / USGBC that are considered worthwhile from both a cost and marketing standpoint.
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There are other certification programs, but they tend to be regional. For instance here in the Seattle area, the Master Builders have a “Built Green” certification program. In the Portland area, a similar program is called “Earth Advantage”. Maybe you should check with your local builders group to see if they have established their own program. Built Green does not require all levels to be third party verified, just FYI.
There is the Green Building Initiative. http://www.thegbi.org. I don’t know much about it. LEED is by far the biggest program out there. I don’t think the other programs have anywhere near as much marketing pull.
Are you sure you can’t use the Core&Shell LEED rating system?
an interesting fact:
currently there are about 1,000 LEED homes in this county.
Not one person live in any of them.
What makes you think the building type doesn’t qualify for LEED certification? What are you building over there, anyway?
In reading through the LEED for New Construction v2.2 they mention that ASHRAE 90.1–2004 is used as a basis for energy performance. It also mentions that ASHRAE 90.1–2004 does have requirements for building envelopes of semi-heated spaces, such as warehouses.
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