Global Sci-Tech
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Buildings - An Overview

Department of Civil Engineering, Ex-Faculty of GB Pant Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding author email id: samiaparvez629@gmail.com

Abstract

Leadership in energy and environmental design is generally recognized as a green building rating system in the world. It is mainly known as a green building certification system and is used in sustainable design, construction work, and operations standards. The main aim of this paper is to provide authentication that buildings or complexes will be designing in order to improve the performance of the buildings’, saving energy, the efficiency of water, reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, and also improve the environment.

Keywords

LEED, Saving energy, Green building, Sustainable design, Operating cost