Educational Program

It (kind of) depends on the Rating System.

For v3 (2009) and previous versions, CIR #3115 applies, and to paraphrase, you need 2 actively instructional elements (signage, case study, and/or tours).

I don't know if this CIR will be deemed eligible for use on v4 projects at some point, although as of right now, the CIR is not expressly allowed for v4. That said, a case could still be made to use it, and as it still can be reasonably applied to LEED v4 projects (and doesn't overlap with any of the new v4 credits), I expect that this would likely be accepted.

As a tip, this type of information can be found here: http://www.usgbc.org/leed-interpretations

An educational program is a pretty standard IDc1 appoach. There is guidance about what you need to do, both in our guidance above, and in the LEED Reference Guide.

An educational program has to focus on the LEED building itself, education about some random environmental subject will be rejected. If you educate people about recycling, that's fine, but if you educate them about how your LEED building recycles, then that will be allowed as an ID credit.

The best place to look for an education program is in the LEED reference Guide under ID Credit 1 bullet 8 Examples

See comment above: http://www.leeduser.com/comment/redirect/58290.