Dual Certification No Longer Needed for LEED, BREEAM

摘要

The U.S. Green Building Council announced recently that its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program now will recognize credits from the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, or BREEAM. The U.K.'s popular green building rating system, BREEAM is an equivalent to LEED. Recognition will begin with LEED for New Construction and the international version of BREEAM. For projects outside the U.S., the advantage is that teams no longer have to pursue dual certification.