LEEDuser Comes to Greenbuild “Live and In-Person”

Ready for a LEED jam session unlike any other? Visitors to Booth #1652 at Greenbuild in Phoenix will get to experience “live and in-person” the interaction and advice that’s usually available only online at LEEDuser.com.

Over the two-and-a-half days of LEEDuser Live and In-Person, many of LEEDuser’s cohort of Guest Experts will be on hand to give short presentations on the lessons they’ve learned about how best to approach key LEED credits, similar to the commentary and review available on LEEDuser.com. Conference attendees will be able to talk with LEED experts, as well as having the opportunity to ask questions and share tips from their own project experience. Tips and questions will be physically “posted” to the giant message board representing LEEDuser’s online forum, and everyone will have a chance to add their own answers.

Responding to the need for comprehensive help with the new LEED rating systems that’s based on real-world experience, LEEDuser is officially opening for business at Greenbuild. The launch follows a beta-testing period in which over 3,000 people registered to use the site and inaugurated the user forums with hundreds of substantive questions and suggestions for LEED implementation.

Over 10,000 individual tips and action steps in LEEDuser’s “Getting it Done” section guides users to success with credits in the LEED 2009 rating systems. Guest experts from fifteen leading national sustainable design and LEED consulting firms are reviewing the site’s contents and responding to comments, and many of these experts will be Live and In Person at booth #1652.

About LEEDuser

This new website, at www.LEEDuser.com, provides comprehensive credit-by-credit guidance for teams working on LEED certification. Included are clear descriptions of credit requirements, tips to streamline LEED submissions, online calculators, and online user forums related to specific credits. LEEDuser facilitates LEED certification for projects using the five LEED 2009 rating systems: New Construction, Core & Shell, Schools, Commercial Interiors, and Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance. BuildingGreen has created LEEDuser with the support of the U.S. Green Building Council and with the help the consultants at YRG Sustainability and a host of other LEED experts and topic-area specialists. The creators of LEEDuser have experience on hundreds of design teams for LEED-certified buildings, as LEED trainers, and as LEED certification reviewers.

For more information, visit www.LEEDuser.com.

About BuildingGreen

BuildingGreen, LLC, has provided the building industry with quality information on sustainable design and construction since its founding in 1985. Publications of the Brattleboro, Vermont company include Environmental Building News (launched in 1992 as the first North American publication focused on green building), GreenSpec® (a print and online directory of green building products), and the residential design and construction resource GreenBuildingAdvisor.com. For information, visit www.BuildingGreen.com or call 802-257-7300.

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