{"id":17734,"date":"2025-04-30T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/?p=17734"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:01:25","slug":"leed-v5-is-here-to-revolutionise-sustainability-in-our-built-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/2025\/04\/30\/leed-v5-is-here-to-revolutionise-sustainability-in-our-built-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"LEED v5 is here to revolutionise sustainability in our built environment!"},"content":{"rendered":"[spb_row element_name=&#8221;Row&#8221; wrap_type=&#8221;content-width&#8221; parallax_image_height=&#8221;content-height&#8221; parallax_image_movement=&#8221;fixed&#8221; parallax_image_speed=&#8221;0.5&#8243; bg_video_loop=&#8221;yes&#8221; parallax_video_height=&#8221;window-height&#8221; parallax_video_overlay=&#8221;none&#8221; row_overlay_opacity=&#8221;0&#8243; row_col_pos=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first last&#8221;] [spb_column col_sm=&#8221;4&#8243; padding_horizontal=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first&#8221;] [spb_image image=&#8221;17735&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; frame=&#8221;glowframe&#8221; caption_pos=&#8221;hover&#8221; remove_rounded=&#8221;yes&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;no&#8221; overflow_mode=&#8221;none&#8221; link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; intro_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first last&#8221;][\/spb_image] [\/spb_column] [spb_column col_sm=&#8221;8&#8243; padding_horizontal=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_position=&#8221;last&#8221;] [spb_text_block animation=&#8221;none&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;0&#8243; simplified_controls=&#8221;yes&#8221; custom_css_percentage=&#8221;no&#8221; padding_vertical=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_horizontal=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_vertical=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css=&#8221;margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;&#8221; border_size=&#8221;0&#8243; border_styling_global=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first last&#8221;]\n<p><strong>The U.S. Green Building Council launched the newest version of LEED <\/strong>on 28 April, raising the bar for a more resilient future by focusing on <strong>key impact areas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Decarbonisation: <\/strong>delivering ultra-low-carbon buildings by targeting emissions reductions across all aspects of the building lifecycle: embodied carbon, operations, refrigerants and transportation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality of life:<\/strong> integrating human-centred strategies that improve health &amp; well-being, resilience, and equity &amp; inclusion for building occupants and their communities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological conservation and restoration:<\/strong> promoting biodiversity by ensuring that our built environment exists in harmony with nature and by limiting the degradation of ecosystems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201c<em>LEED v5 provides actionable guidance and tools to building industry professionals working around the globe to tackle pressing challenges to our health, climate and communities.<\/em>\u201d &#8211; <strong>Peter Templeton<\/strong>, President &amp; CEO at USGBC<\/p>\n<p><strong>The best buildings use LEED and it is a wise investment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more than two decades, the flagship LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building program has played a critical role in transforming the Real Estate sector achieving a higher average market sale price or rental rate &#8211; thus attracting more favourable and stable financing options.<\/p>\n<p>As our world changes, so must our buildings! That\u2019s why the LEED program is being updated to provide more opportunities to evolve rating system requirements in response to a rapidly changing market. The new version redefines what it means to be a high-performance building:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Project Priorities credit category<\/strong> offering greater flexibility to address unique project contexts, culture, location, areas of innovation and individual performance objectives.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Assessments as prerequisites<\/strong> focused on climate resilience and human impact.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Requirements for Platinum certification<\/strong>have been created addressing energy efficiency, carbon emissions and renewable energy use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/articles\/us-green-building-council-launches-new-more-comprehensive-leed-rating-system-sustainable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEED v5 registration is now open<\/strong> for new construction (BD+C), interior (ID+C) and existing commercial building projects (O+M).<\/p>\n<p>Discover with <strong>MacroDesignStudio<\/strong> the new Arc experience!<\/p>\n[\/spb_text_block] [\/spb_column] [\/spb_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[spb_row element_name=&#8221;Row&#8221; wrap_type=&#8221;content-width&#8221; parallax_image_height=&#8221;content-height&#8221; parallax_image_movement=&#8221;fixed&#8221; parallax_image_speed=&#8221;0.5&#8243; bg_video_loop=&#8221;yes&#8221; parallax_video_height=&#8221;window-height&#8221; parallax_video_overlay=&#8221;none&#8221; row_overlay_opacity=&#8221;0&#8243; row_col_pos=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first last&#8221;] [spb_column col_sm=&#8221;4&#8243; padding_horizontal=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first&#8221;] [spb_image image=&#8221;17735&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; frame=&#8221;glowframe&#8221; caption_pos=&#8221;hover&#8221; remove_rounded=&#8221;yes&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;no&#8221; overflow_mode=&#8221;none&#8221; link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; intro_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first last&#8221;][\/spb_image] [\/spb_column] [spb_column col_sm=&#8221;8&#8243; padding_horizontal=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_position=&#8221;last&#8221;] [spb_text_block animation=&#8221;none&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;0&#8243; simplified_controls=&#8221;yes&#8221; custom_css_percentage=&#8221;no&#8221; padding_vertical=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_horizontal=&#8221;0&#8243; margin_vertical=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_css=&#8221;margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;&#8221; border_size=&#8221;0&#8243; border_styling_global=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; el_position=&#8221;first last&#8221;] The U.S. Green Building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macrodesignstudio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}