"LEED v4"

LEED v4 / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

CaGBC's Zero Carbon Buildings Initiative explained

...LEED rating system and its growth. Going forward, LEED is still a key focus for CaGBC. LEED provides a holistic assessment of the different interrelated aspects of green building, including health and wellness. What’s more, LEED v4 deals with GHG emissions more aggressively and comprehensively than ever before, includi...

Lighting

All about LED bulbs - video

...LEED V4 Platinum Edelweiss House, Passive House contruction, Passive solar home design, home lighting design and anything you need to know about sustainable green home construction in Ecohome's green building guide pages.

LEED Homes

LEED Canada shows strong growth during summer of 2015 including first LEED® v4 certified project

...LEED v4 Edelweiss House © Ecohome Amount of buildings Earning LEED Certification in 2015 (up to sept. 30th): 79 LEED Certified 41 LEED Silver 171 LEED Gold 26 LEED Platinum Projects that earned LEED certification in the summer months include: The Richardson International Airport Terminal in Winnipeg, MB, which cert...

LEED Homes

Canada's first LEED V4 Platinum house - An Ecohome project checklist

...LEED version 4 (V4.) This latest version of the LEED rating system involved a comprehensive overhaul and to ensure relevancy and adoption LEED v4 was reviewed and broken down into positives and negatives by technical advisory groups. When the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) anounced that the LEED for Homes rating...

Passive solar home design

Passive solar home construction

WATCH MORE VIDEOs about passive solar home design & construction here This is the first in a series of videos on passive solar home construction, we begin with passive solar design basics, orienting the future house on the site to take full advantage of the free heat available from the sun while keeping it cool wi...

LEED Homes

What is different with LEED V4?

...LEED v4 Resources.LEED v4 in Canada What does LEED v4 mean to Canadian project teams? Fundamentally, better environmental outcomes and a better user experience. In an effort to increase the range of LEED resources for Canadians and follow an internationally consistent approach to how LEED is tailored to different regio...

LEED Homes

The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) Measures the Environmental Benefit of the LEED Certification Program.

...LEED rating system, Passive House Certification, Net Zero Labelled homes and other certifications that can help make your home qualify for tax rebates and incentives. And take a tour of the first LEED V4 Platinum house in Canada

LEED Homes

The LEED for Homes Checklist

The checklist will help you understand the requirements for each LEED category, and help you decide on your targeted level of certification. It will not only be used for the evaluation of your project, but you can use it for tracking your progress. The checklist will allow you to: Meet the criteria for each category D...