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Environmentally-friendly standard touted as future of design.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 31-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Environmentally-friendly standard touted as future of design.(Going Green)

Article Excerpt
As the building of more structures goes green, LEED is a buzzword gaining momentum. It stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is an accreditation process through the U.S. Green Building Council by which the green quotient of a building is measured. Architects and engineers can become LEED accredited and buildings can be LEED certified if a Checklist of standards is met.

Joel Price of Aquaterra, a Jackson-based environmental consulting and engineering firm, says the accreditation process works on a point system to give it credibility with points given for different levels relating to impact on the environment. There are four areas of LEED accreditation beginning with a minimum of 26 points going up to 69 points with levels in between.

"It will be a common thing in the future. We won't be talking about it," he said. "I just got back from a conference where 70% of attendees were developers and builders, and they're interested in LEED building. Developers got a bad...

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