I decided to search around for a bit and I discovered that LEED is short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and that it's in fact a report card about the greenness of buildings. According to wikipedia the following points are used in the assesments:
Let's go back to Dockside Green, a community for working and living which is going to be built in Victoria, British Columbia.
- Sustainable sites
- Water efficiency
- Energy and atmosphere
- Materials and resources
- Indoor environmental quality
- Innovation and design process
A LEED status isn't a big deal anymore. They're issued all the time. But a LEED Platinum status is, especially for a neighborhood like Dockside Green. (It features 95 homes and commercial spaces). But what makes this new site Platinum? For starters all the waste water is treated on the spot, the heat energy of air exhausts is recovered and waste is used to create warm water.
Furthermore all the buildings have 'green roofs', in other words: grass upon your attic!
-jdh
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