From the course: Cert Prep: LEED Green Associate
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LEED impact categories
- [Instructor] What is the positive impact that a LEED certified project makes on the environment? Or let me ask this question in a different way. Which environmental impact of a building are reduced by a LEED certified project? This is when we start discussing the LEED impact categories. LEED's system goals are referred to as impact categories. There are several impact categories that were developed and approved by the LEED Steering Committee for incorporation into LEED version four. These seven LEED impact categories are reverse contribution to global climate change; enhance individual human health and well being; protect and restore water resources; protect, enhance, and restore biodiversity and ecosystem services; promote sustainable and regenerative material resources cycles; build a greener economy; enhance social equity, environmental justice, and community quality of life. In the context of the LEED rating system, these seven LEED impact categories are not equal. As you can…
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