LEED and Standard 62.1

Version 2.2 of the United States Green Building Councils popular Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System for New Construction Major Renovations (LEED-NC)1 is scheduled to be released in November 2005. The rating system includes prerequisites and credits for six major design categories, summarized in Table 1. Points are awarded for the credits,and projects can achieve various levels of certification based on the number of awarded points.