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This LEED credit works to reduce the occurrence in urbanized areas when structures such as buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun's heat more than natural landscapes.
What is Heat Island Reduction?
(will also accept Heat Island Effect)
This designation puts the “a” in LEED AP.
What is Accredited?
Previously owned by and named for one of America’s most notable retailers, this tower was the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1973. Today it is still a notable fixture in the Chicago skyline.
What is Willis Tower?
Once upon a time, before there was BD+C, this was the name of the rating system for brand-new buildings.
What is LEED for New Construction?
A long-time fixture in LEED, this credit places limits on the acceptable amount of VOCs emitted by products.
What is Low-Emitting Materials
(will also accept Low-Emitting Interiors or Low-Emitting Products)
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Wholly data, Batman, it’s a performance platform. This tool helps project teams track and measure their building’s performance in real time. It is also the platform where project teams can now register for LEED v5.
What is Arc?
This LEED certified building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in the concrete jungle where dreams are made of - there's nothing you can't do. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931.
What is the Empire State Building?
Twins? These are the world's first TWO LEED-certified projects.
What are the Philip Merrill Environmental Center (Annapolis, Maryland) and the Heritance Kandalama Hotel (Dambulla, Sri Lanka).
Bonus!!
Keep it breezy! This credit category is where you'll find strategies for natural ventilation and acoustics.
What is Indoor Air Quality?
This is released twice a year to communicate changes to the LEED rating systems and reference guides.
What is addenda?
At 128 stories, reaching 632 m into the air, this LEED mega tall building is the world's second-tallest building. Hint, it’s in China and shares the name of the city that is its home.
What is Shanghai Tower?
Triple bottom line - these are the three things that LEED is meant to support. There's nothing like a good alliteration.
What are people, the planet and profits (or business).
This pilot credit was established to help reduce the mortality rate of our feathered friends from in-flight collisions with buildings.
Bird Collision Deterrence
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LEED v5 upgrades the energy requirement to the 2019 version of standard number 90.1 from this association of engineers dedicated to what’s hot and what’s not, inside buildings.
What is ASHRAE?
Bonus!!!
What's that in the sky? Not a bird, it's not a plane, it's a building. It's the tallest building in the world, and as of February 2024, it's also LEED certified.
What is Burj Khalifa?
Four levels have always been a staple of LEED certification. In _____, the name of this level was changed to "certified".
What is Bronze?
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