The Science of
Sustainability

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  • Introduction and About the Exhibit
  • Rights and Reproductions
  • Leed Building Certification
  • LEED Categories
  • LEED Certification Levels
  • LEED Buildings at the University of Chicago
  • Sustainable Building Materials
  • Reused Materials
  • Locally Sourced Materials
  • Rapidly Renewable Resources
  • Conservation: Energy and Water
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Water Conservation
  • Green Roofs
  • Kinds of Green Roofs and Benefits
  • Urban Heat Islands
  • Construction Components of Green Roofs
  • Cool Roof
  • Bibliography

LEED Certification Levels

“Quit thinking about decent land-use as solely an economic problem.  Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and esthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.  A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.  It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”

-Aldo Leopold, Ecologist

 LEED offers four certification levels to distinguish how green a building is:  Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

LEED Plaque

LEED building certification plaque

From:  Snodgrass, Edmund C.; Snodgrass, Lucie L.  Green Roof Plants:  A Resource and Planting Guide (Portland, OR: Timber Press), p. 29.  Crerar SB419.5.S66 2006
The Science of Sustainability: The Design and Technology of Green Buildings
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