USAI & Leaders in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) founded the Leaders in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system program in (2000) and has grown ever since then. LEED is a voluntary credit rating system that helps designers, engineers and architects achieve maximum efficiency building goals over 13 different environmental impact categories, including climate change, indoor environmental quality, resource depletion and water intake. There are four possible overall ratings for a project in the LEED system: Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum (the highest).
LEED lighting scores comprise a significant portion of the entire credit rating system. A number of points can be earned by using energy efficient lighting solutions and controls. More information can be found at the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED website at the links below.
Guides to certifying your project
http://www.usgbc.org/cert-guide
Overview of the rating system and credit categories
http://leed.usgbc.org/
Library of information for all achievable credits (lighting credits reside within the “indoor environmental quality” and “energy” categories)
http://www.usgbc.org/credits
Compliance
All light fixtures from USAI Lighting can be used to reach LEED Compliance for your projects, at various levels of certification. Please visit our Product Family page to learn more about USAI’s offerings.
| Project Name | LEED Rating | Lighting Designer | Architect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University | Platinum | Tillotson Design Associates | KPMB Architects |
| National Museum of African American History & Culture | Gold | Fisher Marantz Stone | Adjaye Associates |
| The New School | Gold | Brandston Partnership | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) |
| Pattern Energy | Gold | Inventure Design | |
| Putnam Investments | Gold | HLB Lighting Design | Gensler |
| Whitney Museum | Gold | ARUP | Renzo Piano |
| TWA Flight Center Hotel | Gold | Cooley Monato Lighting | Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners |
| UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay | Gold | Banks Ramos Lighting Design | Taylor Architects |
| Square Inc. Headquarters | Gold | Banks Ramos Lighting Design | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson |
| Hyatt Hotels Corporation | Gold | Schuler Shook | Gensler |
| Museum of the American Revolution | Gold | Robert A.M. Stern Architects | Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design |
| Heritage Landing | Silver | Margulies Perruzzi Architects | |
| Barclays Center | Silver | Goldstick Lighting Design | SHoP Architects |
| Bank of America 114 W 47 Street | Silver | SBLD Studio | KPMB Architects |
| Mylan Headquarters / Mylan Inc Robert J Coury Global Center | Certified | Lam Partners | Gensler |
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