| LEED is a Green Building Rating System developed by | | | | the path of the future. I believe that within the next |
| the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Since it was | | | | 10 years every local building inspector will have at |
| started in 1998 it has grown to oversee over 14,000 | | | | least Energy Auditor training. I know of one course |
| projects in the US and 30 other countries. So you | | | | that is accepted by the USGBC for training and the |
| see, this is a global movement toward establishing | | | | credits can be carried over for advanced training. By |
| Green Building Standards. The USGBC is made up of | | | | advanced training I mean becoming a Certified |
| over 10,000 membership organizations. The guidelines | | | | Commercial Energy Auditor. In the grand scheme of |
| set up by LEED are pretty strict and if a builder | | | | things this will be a sought after field. I honestly |
| passes the Certification course, he is allowed to use | | | | believe city and state governments will require this |
| the LEED acronym after his name. This is huge in | | | | type of degree to become an inspector. This is the |
| terms of a company's future reputation. | | | | beginning of a new era in which the environment will |
| Getting back to some of the things that constitute | | | | have to be taken into account. |
| green building would be environmentally friendly | | | | LEED certification is the wave of the future and |
| insulation like Soy Based Spray Foam or Recycled | | | | knowing how to do an audit to maximize energy |
| Denim. Geothermal HVAC using Energy Recovery | | | | efficiency is part of it. Therefore becoming a |
| Ventilation will be another. Of course Solar Power and | | | | Certified Energy Auditor is one step on the ladder to |
| or Wind Power would be considered. Radiant heat | | | | becoming a LEED certified builder. Even if you are not |
| would be one. If you are a builder leaning in this | | | | a builder, becoming an Energy Auditor has a promising |
| direction I want to say here that you are going down | | | | future. |