The USGBC headquarters is the first commercial interior slated for Platinum under the organization’s revised certification program. In response to criticism that its previous model didn’t fully address climate change, the new 100-point LEED Version 3 favors energy-efficient building systems and water conservation, and awards bonus points for regionally sensitive design, like situating a project near public transit. When plans for USGBC’s new home got under way, the new version was already in de-velopment. “We based a lot of our design on what had come before,” Wilson says. “We had to design hoping that whatever they came up with would meet what we did.” The graph at left compares the new version of LEED for Commercial Interiors to the previous one.Criswell Lappin and Envision
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