Green Design

LEED does not only influence building standards in the United States, but is having an impact overseas as well - even as far away as China (Weeks 44). China does not yet have its own codes so is borrowing the LEEDS standards until it does, and a whole lot of construction is going on in China. The Canada Green Building Council has submitted its own version - LEED Canada - based on the U.S. standards, to the USGBC for approval. The Green Building Council of Australia is developing a Green Star Environmental Rating tool, also based on LEED, and a related training course. The United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria are among countries which have their own energy codes and green design standards which they set up long before LEED was created. Austria has had such programs for the last 20 to 25 years.

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