Leonardo Academy's Green Building Program supports the development and implementation of metrics, tools and training for green buildings. Buildings cause a major portion of our environmental impacts so programs and metrics for reducing the environmental impacts of buildings is a key component of reducing our environmental impacts.

Program Activities

• Support to USGBC for LEED program
  • Leonardo Academy provides ongoing support to the USGBC on LEED. This support includes:
    • Current Support:
      • LEED Certification reviews
      • LEED portfolio program development
      • LEED O&M v2009 accreditation exam calibration
    • Past Support:
      • Managed LEED-EB pilot for  USGBC
      • Wrote majority of initial reference guide for LEED-EB
      • Wrote majority of initial training for LEED-EB
      • Conducted all the LEED-EB certification reviews for January 2002-October 2007
      • Leonardo Academy President Michael Arny
        • Has been working on LEED-EB since the first meeting in 2000
        • Was the chair of the LEED-EB Committee from 2001-2005 guiding its work on developing LEED-EB
        • Was a member of the LEED Steering Committee form 2001-2005 and
        • Is known as the father of LEED-EB because of all this work
• Training
  • Leonardo Academy provides a full range of LEED training courses:
    • In person
    • Webinars
    • On demand
  • For a listing of the courses see our Training Program
• Leonardo Academy Tools and Resources
  • High Efficiency – Low Mercury Light Bulb Purchasing Plans
    • Online tool for:
      • Developing purchasing plans
      • Identifying  high efficiency - low mercury light bulbs for purchasing plans
  • Provides Native Vegetation Credits by the acre for LEED-EB v2.0, LEED-EB vO&M, LEED vO&M 2009 (To request additional information email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
  • What is native vegetation?
  • Leonardo Academy’s Cleaner and Greener® Program:
    • Emission Reduction Calculation and Reporting for single buildings for LEED-EB EA credits
    • Certification of buildings for emission reduction achievements and offsetting emissions.
  • The Economics of LEED for Existing Buildings for Individual Buildings, 2008 Edition:
    • Report on previous survey
    • Participate in current survey
  • Green Performance Contracting:
    • Users' Guide to Green Performance Contracting
    • Model Procurement and Contracting Documents for Green Performance Contracting
    • Model State Enabling Legislation for Green Performance Contracting
    • Green Strategies for Public Benefit Funds and Utility Incentive Programs
  • Deliver the Green – A Fresh Look at LEED-EB and Facility Management

See the Leonardo Academy LEED Consulting services web page

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