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Leed rating system / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

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New report shows Canadian green building market growing steadily with owners seeing strong benefits from building green.

...rating system report that better performing buildings are an important benefit of using a rating system. "This report confirms that the Canadian marketplace recognizes that a rigorous approach to green building improves the quality of building projects and sets the stage for realizing financial, environmental and heal...

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Sustainable building practices create prosperous communities

...rating patient recovery rates, improving worker productivity and slashing energy bills. These claims were made ahead of last month's World Green Building Week, an annual event that brings together sustainable development leaders from all over the globe. The aim of the event is to demonstrate how sustainable buildings ...

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Find a LEED Provider

...leed@ecohabitation.com T: (514) 985-0004 5555 Avenue de Gaspé, bureau 212, Montréal, Québec H2T 2A3 www.ecohabitation.com/leed Ontario: Arborus Homesol Clement Guenard [email protected] T: (613) 234-7178 76 Chamberlain Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 1V9 www.arborus.ca Building Ener...

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The 19 LEED for Homes Prerequisites

...rating of ERS (EnerGuide) 76 or HERS (Home Energy Rating System) 80. This will be determined during the compulsory energy rating blower door test. 11.1 Refrigerant charge test: If your home has an air conditioning system with refrigerants, provide proof of a proper refrigerant charge of the system. Materials & Res...

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The LEED rating system

...systems of their home properly, and publicly promote green building and the LEED rating system. Builders are required to provide homeowners with a minimum one hour educational walkthrough to identify and provide instruction of the home’s operational systems, as well as provide homeowners with the completed LEED check...

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What is LEED?

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized rating system for commercial buildings and homes administered by the CaGBC (Canada Green Building Council) to encourage sustainable building practices. While the commercial program has been in effect for much longer, LEED for Homes C...