LEED Version 3

What do the new LEEDv3 guidelines mean for you and your buildings?

Are you planning on creating a LEED certified building?  If you are, you should know the US Green Building Council has substantially updated their LEED certification program and the new guidelines will have a big impact on the energy efficiency of buildings aiming for LEED status.  The LEEDv3 guidelines, effective June 25th, 2009, require all project, 2009 and onward, to meet a set of Minimum Program Requirements.  One of the Minimum Program Requirements is that a building must commit to sharing whole building energy and water usage data for a minimum of 5 years.  Prior LEED standards only required performance metrics to be met at the time of certification.  The new standards require a project be disqualified for certification consideration if monitoring is not completed and if the project fails to adhere to the monitoring component for the minimum 5 years, and the USGBC has the option of revoking the LEED certification. 

How can Noveda help?

Noveda Technologies software allows a building owner and occupants the peace of mind knowing the building is working as designed.  Noveda ensures performance isn’t a moment in time. The software monitors and tracks energy data in real-time, allowing buildings to optimize performance.  Noveda’s software will issue analysis based alerts should something happen to the building’s systems to cause the energy performance to fall out of compliance, so the problem can be immediately addressed.  Don't let your building's performance be a surprise when it comes time for recertification; take a proactive approach with Noveda.