Name

Acronym

Description

United States Green Building Council

USGBC

Non profit organization that promotes sustainable building practices. Administrators of the LEED program.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

LEED

Voluntary sustainable building program administered by United States Green Building Council

LEED Material and Resources Credit 3

MR 3

LEED resource reuse credit

LEED Material and Resources Credit 4

MR 4

LEED recycled content credit

LEED Material and Resources Credit 5

MR 5

LEED local/regional credit

LEED Material and Resources Credit 6

MR 6

LEED rapidly renewable credit

LEED Material and Resources Credit 7

MR 7

LEED certified wood credit

LEED Indoor Environmental Quality Credit 4.4 Composite Wood

IEQ 4.4

LEED indoor environmental quality credit

LEED New Construction

LEED NC

LEED checklist for the design and construction of new buildings (commercial/institutional buildings)

LEED Commercial Interior

LEED CI

LEED checklist for tenant improvements on commercial/institutional buildings

LEED Existing Building

LEED EB

LEED checklist for pre-existing buildings (commercial/institutional buildings)

LEED Core and Shell

LEED CS

LEED checklist for the design and construction of the structure and exterior of new buildings (commercial/institutional buildings)

LEED Retail

LEED Retail

LEED checklist for new retail buildings

LEED for Homes

LEED for Homes

LEED checklist for new residential buildings

Sustainable Project Rating Tool

SPiRT

Army Corp. of engineers sustainable building program

The Green Building Initiative

GBI

A non-profit organization that has developed the Green Globes on line green building checklist.

Green Globes

Green Globes

National Association of Home Builders - Green Building Guidelines

NAHB -
Green Guidelines

A set of green building guidelines that was developed by a national trade association to be customized by regional chapters.