USAI Lighting Products and LEED Projects

USAI & Leaders in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) founded the Leaders in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system program in (2000) and has grown ever since then. LEED is a voluntary credit rating system that helps designers, engineers and architects achieve maximum efficiency building goals over 13 different environmental impact categories, including climate change, indoor environmental quality, resource depletion and water intake. There are four possible overall ratings for a project in the LEED system: Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum (the highest).

LEED lighting scores comprise a significant portion of the entire credit rating system. A number of points can be earned by using energy efficient lighting solutions and controls. More information can be found at the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED website at the links below.

Guides to certifying your project
http://www.usgbc.org/cert-guide

Overview of the rating system and credit categories
http://leed.usgbc.org/

Library of information for all achievable credits (lighting credits reside within the "indoor environmental quality" and "energy" categories)
http://www.usgbc.org/credits

Compliance
All light fixtures from USAI Lighting can be used to reach LEED Compliance for your projects, at various levels of certification. Please visit our Product Family page to learn more about USAI’s offerings.

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