ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System: www.usgbc.org

LEED Rating Systems are available for:

• New Construction and Major Renovations - designed to guide and distinguish high-performance commercial and institutional projects.
• Commercial Interiors - a benchmark for the tenant improvement market that gives the power to make sustainable choices to tenants and designers.
• Core & Shell - aids designers, builders, developers and new building owners in implementing sustainable design for new core and shell construction.
• Existing Buildings - provides a benchmark for building owners and operators to measure operations, improvements and maintenance.

LEED Rating Systems are also available for Schools, Retail, Healthcare, Homes and     
Neighborhood Development.  See the website for project profiles, reference guides for each rating system, and many other resources.

Build it Green, a Bay Area Resource Center for Green Building: www.BuildItGreen.org

The AccessGreen Directory lists suppliers and service providers of green building products within the 9-County San Francisco Bay Area and Anaheim.

Green Building 101 articles at www.Inhabitat.com

Creating a High Performance Workspace, G/Rated Tenant Improvement Guide - Portland’s Guide to Greening Tenant Improvements

Tenant improvements (TI) are the largest area of commercial construction activity throughout the US. The City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development’s G/Rated's Tenant Improvement Guide is an all-in-one resource to help a first timer or savvy project manager implement a high performance commercial tenant improvement project from start-to-finish.