An amazing number of changes. A greater deal of complexity. This seems to be a USGBC response to the deferral of LEED v4.

Tristan, this service is greatly appreciated and yet another reason for sustainable professionals to support and promote LEEDuser!

(Distance by rail/3) + (Distance by inland waterway/2) + (Distance by sea/15) + (Distance by all other means). The sea distance converts to 7,500 miles.

As of the 7/6/12 LEED addenda release, USGBC has integrated the International ACPs into the regular LEED credit language—so rather than reviewing the standalone document, you can see the ACP option

When we did an article in Environmental Building News a few months

In nearly all cases grouts used for ceramic tile installation are are cementitious and zero VOCs. This is of course not the case for elastic grouts. It does not make any sense why a product appli

WEc1: Option to base calculations on the "the month with the highest irrigation demand. The way the calculations for this credit work -- if you have a normal irrigation system, meaning one withou

"projects where no future development is planned are not eligible for this master planning credit." I work on a lot of school projects. I am wondering what "is planned" actually means.

Water Efficiency credits WEp1 and WEc1 no longer include janitor sinks. This has been required by reviewers in the past.

"For recycled materials qualifying under MRc4 also being applied to MRc5, it is “not necessary to track the origin of the raw material before it arrived at the point of extraction” which can includ