Learn how LEED BD+C certification works, from earning credits across key sustainability categories to achieving different certification levels.
When it comes to achieving LEED certification, cool roofs offer energy efficiency and sustainability. Learn how they reflect sunlight, absorb less heat, and contribute to LEED credit categories like energy optimization, indoor environmental quality, materials and resources...
Because of the LEED emphasis on efficiency, implementing LEED-friendly policies can mean tremendous cost savings. With the amount of energy a healthcare facility consumes, this is no small matter. But cost savings is not the only reason buildings seek certification.
This is key in earning LEED points under the Optimise Energy Performance credit. Reducing cooling loads through effective shading strategies not only helps meet LEED certification requirements but also enhances a buildings overall energy efficiency.
