Obtaining LEED certification, DC and VA

Sustainability in building design, construction and operations improves energy-efficiency, reduces expenses and demonstrates your environmental responsiveness.

The USGBC LEED rating system encourages green practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.

Obtaining LEED certification not only helps maximize your resources but provides a lifetime of savings due to the lower-than-industry-standard operational costs.

Research shows that…

• LEED buildings consume approximately 25% less energy on average than comparable commercial buildings.

• Companies with employees working in LEED buildings realized annual productivity gains exceeding $170 million in 2008, resulting from improved indoor environmental quality.

Call Calvert-Jones for more information about obtaining LEED certification in DC and VA. We have helped many businesses like yours implement sustainable design, systems and processes that helped them get certified more easily.

How do you get certified?

• Ask a LEED accredited professional to assess where you stand in relation to LEED expectations.
• LEED’s Existing Building (EB) Rating System helps you measure your energy efficiency, carbon footprint and eco-friendliness.
• Your LEED consultants will assist with plans to make your commercial facility more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. They should be able to suggest sustainable design retrofits, HVAC upgrades or lighting reconfiguration that will speed up obtaining your LEED certification.
• An experienced mechanical contractor with hands-on LEED expertise can help you reach the plateau of a certified LEED EB facility easily.
• Register your commercial building for benchmarking.

Calvert-Jones can help you measure energy performance, assess your building in terms of the LEED rating system, set goals, track savings and make smart energy-related purchases.

Schedule an initial consultation for obtaining LEED certification in DC and VA.

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