Executive Housekeeping Today - April 2009 - (Page 16) Feature artiCle (continued from previous page) LEED 2009 by Lauren Riggs Since its launch in 2000, the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green building program has been an instrumental tool in the transformation of the built environment towards sustainable building practices. USGBC’s evolution of the LEED Green Building Rating System is a multi-faceted initiative to streamline and create capacity for LEED project execution, documentation, and certification.This initiative is referred to as LEED Version 3 (commonly referred to as LEED v3). In the spirit of the most successful LEED projects, this initiative has been undertaken in an integrated fashion made up of three key pieces: LEED 2009, the LEED Rating Systems’ technical updates and revisions; a new LEED building certification process; and LEED Online version 3, which is faster and features additional help options and streamlined credit submittals. The LEED 2009 Rating Systems include New Construction, Commercial Interiors, Schools, and Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance; for these, there are now only three reference guides: the LEED Reference Guide for Green Building Design & Construction; the LEED Reference Guide for Green Interior Design & Construction; and the LEED Reference Guide for Green Building Operations & Maintenance. While the majority of the individual credits and guidance will be very familiar, LEED 2009 includes some important changes. All of the prerequisites and credits within LEED have undergone an alignment and harmonization, providing a pool of prerequisites and credits for all LEED 2009 Rating Systems. Every credit in LEED is developed with a specific intent in mind, and LEED 2009 improves and expands upon this idea by reweighing each individual credit based on a 100-point scale and transparent set of priorities. This scientifically grounded re-weighting exercise will more accurately reflect a credit point impact on the environment and human health, with reducing CO2 emissions and improving energy efficiency being the primary goal. LEED 2009 will also deliver on the promise of creating regionally-specific credits. Project teams will be able to select LEED Innovation in Design style bonus points that address regional priorities from a list of eligible credits. The new credits were driven by USGBC’s chapter network, regional councils, and the LEED Steering Committee. If projects are registered under the current LEED rating system, they will have the option to upgrade to LEED 2009 during the transition time when the new system launches with LEED online, or they can continue to use the version of LEED under which they registered. All of the changes to LEED 2009 will be reflected in all LEED-related programs—including LEED educational offerings and the Green Building Certification Institute’s (GBCI) LEED AP Exam. USGBC is already starting to roll out new education programs, offered at all learning levels, to support the latest version of LEED. These offerings include instructor-led workshops, online-anytime courses, and webinars (live and on-demand) that also support the pursuit and maintenance of each of GBCI’s new LEED professional credentials, and will be rolled out in coordination with the new credentials. Offerings through USGBC’s Education Provider Program, which reviews high-quality Green building education developed by USGBC’s members and chapters, provide additional opportunities to address credential maintenance. For a complete course catalogue, visit www. greenbuild365.org. For more information, visit www. usgbc.org for comprehensive technical descriptions of LEED 2009. u Lauren Riggs is Coordinator for LEED Technical Development for the U.S. Green Building Council. She may be reached at lriggs@ usgbc.org. staff training,” says Marvin Ellsworth, President of IEHA. “Unless WE instill the importance of ‘doing it right all of the time’ and also explain the reasons WHY doing it right is necessary, then we as the housekeeping managers or executive housekeepers have failed in our responsibilities to those housekeepers. We must train, train, and train again.” While we are aware that there are always going to be “corner cutters” in every industry, IEHA felt the need to rebut this article and shed a positive light on all the hardworking frontline staffs and executive housekeepers in the cleaning industry. Thank you for providing a cleaner, safer, and healthier environment for all! u Have you read “Confessions Of… A Hotel Housekeeper?” We would like to know your thoughts! Please send your comments to ldigiulio@ieha.org. Setting Up a Web Site for Your Chapter A New Program Being Offered by IEHA July 1, 2009 Are you ready to get started? IEHA encourages its local Chapters to work with IEHA’s Webmaster, Paul Rathey, to set up their Chapter Web site. The initial cost for your site is $250 with an annual fee of $50 for maintenance. Paul will handle the HTML basics, the domain name, the page template with proper logos, and all necessary links. In addition, Paul will make some recommendations for various types of content to include in your site’s pages. By having Paul develop each of the Chapter sites, you can be assured that the aesthetics will be excellent and will show continuity and relationship to the overall IEHA site. If you are interested in working with the Association Office and Paul Rathey to assist you with your new Chapter site, please contact Sarah Larsen, Deputy Director at (800) 200-6342, ext. 103. Thanks so much for your consideration of this offer. Beth B. Risinger CEO/Executive Director 6 Executive Housekeeping Today/April 2009 http://www.greenbuild365.org http://www.greenbuild365.org http://www.usgbc.org http://www.usgbc.org
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