Candidate Handbook: Primary References

Green Building & LEED Core Concepts Guide, 1st Edition (USGBC, 2009)
(available at www.usgbc.org/store)

Green Office Guide: Integrating LEED Into Your Leasing Process, Section 2.4
(USGBC, 2009)

LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Rating System (USGBC, 2009)

LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Reference Guide, Introduction
(U.S. Green Building Council, 2008)

LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Reference Guide, Glossary
(USGBC, 2008)

LEED for Homes Rating System (USGBC, 2008)

Cost of Green Revisited, by Davis Langdon (2007)

Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Part II, by Anthony Bernheim and William
Reed (1996)

The Treatment by LEED® of the Environmental Impact of HVAC Refrigerants (LEED
Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee, 2004)

Guidance on Innovation & Design (ID) Credits (USGBC, 2004)

Guide to Purchasing Green Power (U.S. EPA, 2004)

Credit Interpretation Rulings (www.gbci.org)

LEED 2009 for Operations & Maintenance Rating System (USGBC, 2009)

LEED 2009 Minimum Program Requirements (USGBC, 2009)

LEED 2009 MPR Supplemental Guidance v1 (USGBC, 2009)

USGBC Knowledge Exchange

USGBC Research Publications

State Level Energy Consumption, Energy Information Administration

Turner & Frankel 2008, Energy Performance of LEED for New Construction Buildings

Kats 2003, The Costs & Financial Benefits of Green Building

Allen Matkins 2010, 4th Annual Green Building Survey

Perceived Business Benefits to Green, Greening of Corporate America

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, dsireusa.org

Minimum Program Requirements

Credit Interpretation Requests (CIR), Guidelines for CIR Customers

USGBC – Illinois Chapter 2009, Regional Green Building Case Study Project

LEEDuser.com

Sustainable Sites
Building vs. Transportation Energy
Site Design & Management
Urban Heat Island Effect

Water Efficiency
Water Use in Commercial Buildings
Indoor Water Use Distribution – Las Vegas
Energy Policy Act 1992

Energy & Atmosphere
Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey
Energy Performance for LEED for New Construction Buildings
The Treatment by LEED® of the Environmental Impact of HVAC Refrigerants
Green Power & RECs

Elm $150

Birch $250

Linden $500

Maple $1000

Oak $2000

FEB 2009

LEED for Dummies

Interior Investments

Mechanical Contractors Association

MAR 2009

Chapter Business Meeting

Softer Lite Window Company/TRACO

Merchandise Mart Properties

USGBC: Other Learning and Networking Opportunities

Steelcase and DLA

LCA: Blueprint for Product Sustainability

Forbo Flooring Systems

APR 2009

LEED Leaders & Liters

Fester & Jensen Ameriprise (catering)

Integrated Design: Understanding Systems Interactions and Materials Selection

CB Richard Ellis

American Hydrotech

MAY 2009

Chapter Business Meeting: 2016 Green Olympic Bid

Softer Lite Window Company/TRACO, Sustainable Flooring Systems

Illinois Institute of Technology

LEED Leaders & Liters: Renewable Energy

Affiliated Engineers, Interior Investments,

DuPage County, Hotel Arista

Greening Your Municipality

Smooth Energy, Engineering Resource Associates

EGB Networking Event

Turner Construction Company

JUN 2009

It Pays to Go Green: Sustainability Incentive Programs for Local Government

Siemens

The McCormick Foundation,

Summer Evening on Campus: LEED Gold Dormitories Tour

Green Technology Document Management, Larson Engineering, Inc., Phillip J. Riley Architects

JULY 2009

Chapter Business Meeting

Sustainable Flooring Systems

Urban Innovations

LEED Extra Credit: Stormwater Management Practices at Elmhurst College

Wight & Company, Ace Styline, Paveloc, Elmhurst College

2nd Annual Intern Picnic

Harrington College of Design

Turner Construction Company

Solving the Green Cleaning Puzzle

JohnsonDiversey, Chemcraft Industries

The RTF Group, Inc., ISSA Headquarters, Tornado Industries

AUG 2009

LEED Leaders & Liters

Fuez

All About Green / Active Roofing, Robe Brothers / Mountain Lumber, Potbelly’s

Ameritus, LLC