Here is a press release from The U.S. Green Building Council about LEED 2009.
contact: Ashley Katz
202.742.3738
akatz@usgbc.org
Certification Bodies Announced for LEED Green Building Rating System
Move will expand service, eliminate backlogs and comply with ISO standards
(Washington, DC) July 29, 2008 – As a part of the broader vision for LEED V3, the
certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were announced
today. Well-known and respected for their role in certifying organizations, processes
and products to ISO and other standards, they are:
ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. (http://www.abs-qe.com
BSI Management Systems America, Inc. (http://www.bsi-global.com
Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. (http://www.us.bureauveritas.com
DNV Certification (http://www.dnvcert.com
Intertek (www.intertek-sc.com
KEMA-Registered Quality, Inc. (http://www.kema.com
Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Inc. (www.lrqausa.com
NSF-International Strategic Registrations (http://www.nsf.org
SRI Quality System Registrar, Inc. (http://www.sri-i.com
Underwriters Laboratories-DQS Inc. (http://www.ul.com/mss
In the spirit of the most successful LEED projects, this evolution in the certification
process is being undertaken as an integrated part of a major update to the technical
rating system which will debut in January as LEED 2009. The update will also include
a comprehensive technology upgrade to LEED Online aimed at improving the user
experience and expanding its portfolio management capabilities.
Currently, all LEED project submissions are reviewed by USGBC with the support of
independently contracted reviewers. In alignment with its vision of market
transformation, beginning in January 2009, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC),
developers of LEED, will move administration of the LEED certification process to the
Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), a non-profit organization established in
2007 with the support of USGBC. Working together with the selected certification
bodies, GBCI will deliver a substantially improved, ISO compliant certification process
that will be able to grow with the green building movement.
“During the past year, the dramatic growth in the number of LEED project certifications
challenged us to apply our mission of market transformation to ourselves,” commented
USGBC President, CEO, and Founding Chairman Rick Fedrizzi. “By learning from
ISO, engaging with world-class certification bodies, and focusing on our mission, we’ve
been able to create a solution that will expand our capacity to serve the community
while letting USGBC continue to focus on improving the LEED rating system and
delivering exceptional green building education.”
“Third-party certification is the hallmark of the LEED program,” added Alice Soulek, VP
of LEED Development. “Moving the administration of LEED certification under GBCI
will continue to support market transformation by delivering auditable third-party
certification. Importantly, it also allows UGSBC to stick to the knitting of advancing the
technical and scientific basis of LEED.”
GBCI currently administers the LEED Accredited Professional program, in alignment
with ANSI requirements for professional certifications.
About USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit membership organization whose vision
is a sustainable built environment within a generation. Its membership includes
corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and other nonprofit
organizations. Since USGBC’s founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than
16,500 member organizations, a comprehensive family of LEED® green building rating
systems, an expansive educational offering, the industry’s popular Greenbuild
International Conference and Expo (
www.greenbuildexpo.org), and a network of 78
local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups. For more information, visit
www.usgbc.org
.
About GBCI
Established as a 501c6 nonprofit organization in 2007 with the support of the U.S.
Green Building Council, the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) administers
credentialing programs related to green building practice. Programs administered by
GBCI support the application of proven consensus strategies for measuring and
improving the performance of the built environment, including the LEED Accredited
Professional program and the LEED Green Building Rating System™. For more
information, please visit
I got this at http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/News/CBs%20072908.pdf
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