LEED for Neighborhood Development
The LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism, and green building into the first national standard for neighborhood design. Currently, LEED for Neighborhood Development is in a pilot phase restricted to applicants selected in June of 2007; however, the USGBC plans to launch the official program in early 2009.
The three stage certification process, Optional Pre-review, Certification of an Approved Plan, and Certification of a Completed Neighborhood Development, allows flexibility for investors and developers to gain conditional certification before completion for use in design, marketing, and zoning approval.
With a strong emphasis on urban renewal and connection to not only the immediate site, but local and regional communities, the LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System is best suited for projects located in an urban environment with immediate access to a variety of existing infrastructure.
SWA works with developers to achieve LEED certification on the project as a whole, emphasizing the importance of considering the sum of buildings together, and within the context of the neighborhood, and its larger region and landscape.
LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System is a collaboration between the U.S. Green Building Council, the Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
SWA LEED for Neighborhood Development Projects:
Georgetown Community Development - Georgetown, CT
Antares
LEED for New Construction of Multiple Building Projects
Storrs Town Center
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