For you to achieve LEED certification if that is your main focus, you need to ensure that your building, from the design to construction and to operations, meets criteria set out by USGBC. LEED certification for new buildings starts from the design phase to the completion of the project. Without technical advice and analysis, it may be hard to implement the sustainable design strategies required by this certification in new buildings. Thus you need a third party involvement.

LEED consulting services will help you achieve the certification as per the rating system. In fact, if you apply for LEED certification with an accredited consultant, you get a point from USGBC. That is an advantage to select professionals to pursue green building standards.

Nearby Engineers is a third party LEED consulting firm catering for all types of buildings and all sorts of LEED rating points. As we highlighted above, there are different types of certifications: for new constructions, existing buildings, neighborhood development, etc.

Incorporating green building standards can be cumbersome or burdensome if you have never dealt with that before. We are extensively experienced in this field and thus assure you great results. The process seems bewildering and financially burdening, but with a careful consulting firm that optimizes the process you can achieve the certification quickly and affordable.

In order to obtain other certifications, you need to meet some prerequisites such as retro commissioning of HVAC systems, energy audit, recycling, and water conservation strategies. This is true for existing buildings in order to be eligible for LEED certification. If you do physical improvements in your existing building, for example, you can earn extra points. This also holds true when you implement good building operation practices that promote green building or conform to the set green building standards. We can help you achieve all these ambitions.

For your new building, you need to incorporate good building operations from the design phase which will be evident in the systems designed. You will need to upload a bunch of documents on the USGBC website for verification purposes in order to be processed for LEED certification. With the best LEED consultant that can be done on your behalf because the process can be time-consuming to a large extent if you are inexperienced in the process. Our engineers possess unrivaled interpersonal and team building skills to coordinate with various stakeholders in your building projects to achieve green building standards eligible for certification.

LEED Performance Priorities

Basically, LEED scope encompasses designing, constructing and maintenance of buildings in a quest to promote green building for energy consumption and environmental health awareness.

Performance priorities include the following:

• Energy conservation and usage
• Water conservation and consumption
• Sustainable sites
• Environmental awareness and education
• Locations and linkages
• Building innovation and sustainable design
• Indoor air quality

This list is not all-inclusive. LEED certification has a broad scope that needs professional engineers to decipher and implement. In a nutshell, the certification considers how buildings and their systems are designed, constructed and maintained while integrating sustainable design strategies with good practices.