LEED-ND is The Nation's First Rating System for
Green Neighborhoods
CNU has
partnered with the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC)
and the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
to lay out a coordinated and powerful environmental strategy: sustainability at
the scale of neighborhoods and communities. The joint venture, known as LEED
for Neighborhood Development (or LEED-ND), is a system for rating and certifying
green neighborhoods. LEED-ND builds on USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) systems, the world's best-known third-party
verification that a development meets high standards for environmental
responsibility. LEED-ND integrates the principles of new urbanism, green
building, and smart growth into the first national standard for neighborhood
design, expanding LEED's scope beyond individual buildings to a more holistic
concern about the context of those buildings.
LEED-ND
2009 Final Version Downloads
•
LEED 2009 for
Neighborhood Development Rating System
Check USGBC's
website for the latest addenda.
General
Information
Contact
Nora Beck, CNU Project Manager, 312/551-7300, nbeck {at} cnu org
