LEED Reference Guides for Green Interior Design & Construction, 2009 Edition

The LEED Reference Guide for Green Interior Design and Construction, 2009 Edition, is a user's manual that guides a LEED project from registration to certification of high-performance building interiors. This guide is specifically designed to provide the tools necessary for sustainable choices to be made by tenants and designers, who may not have control over whole building operations. The LEED 2009 Reference Guide for Green Interior Design and Construction includes detailed information on the process for achieving LEED certification, detailed credit and prerequisite information, resources and standards for the LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors Green Building Rating System. For each credit or prerequisite, the guide provides: intent, requirements, point values, environmental and economic issues, related credits, summary of reference standards, credit implementation discussion, timeline and team recommendations, calculation methods and formulas, documentation guidance, examples, operations and maintenance considerations, regional variations, resources, and definitions.