LEED-ing the Way Toward Energy Efficiency in the Home
What is LEED?
Those four letters – L-E-E-D – have been cropping up everywhere these days, and many times, without an explanation. Houses and buildings of all shapes and sizes are now LEED certified; even some colleges are making sure their dorms have the LEED approval.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is a voluntary rating system that originated in 1998. Since then, over 14,000 projects in both the United States and 30 countries have been LEED-certified.