LEED consulting and certification

When you need it

• You’re starting design and want a realistic certification target.
• A tenant, lender or municipality requires LEED or a similar rating.
• Your project is registered and needs help with energy, commissioning or documentation.
• You want to certify an existing building’s operations.

What we do

1. Set the target

   We run a workshop with the team to build a scorecard and pick a certification level the budget supports.

2. Plan the credits

   We assign responsibilities and identify the credits that need early decisions, such as energy performance and commissioning.

3. Deliver analyses

   We provide the energy modeling, commissioning and other analyses within our scope.

4. Document and submit

   We track documentation through design and construction, and manage the review to certification.

What you receive

• A LEED scorecard and credit responsibility matrix
• Energy modeling and commissioning documentation
• Submission management and responses to reviewer comments

Questions

Further reading

• Commissioning for LEED and green building programs

  Learn what LEED and other Canadian green building programs require for commissioning, how to plan for the credits, and how to get real performance from the process.

• Commissioning process: from OPR to turnover

  Learn what happens in each phase of new building commissioning, who does what, and which deliverables an owner should expect from the commissioning provider.

• Owner's project requirements and basis of design

  Learn how to write a useful OPR, what a good BOD explains, and how the two documents work together to define and verify project success.

• Building energy modeling for HVAC design

  Learn what building energy modeling is, when it pays to model during HVAC design, which tools and inputs matter, and how to tell a decision-grade model from a compliance exercise.

• Embodied and operational carbon in HVAC systems

  Learn what makes up the carbon footprint of an HVAC system over its life, why refrigerant leakage and provincial grid intensity matter so much, and how to compare options on a whole-life basis.

• Net-zero ready building HVAC strategies

  Learn what net-zero ready means for commercial buildings, why load reduction comes first, and the HVAC system approaches that consistently support net-zero energy and zero carbon targets in Canadian climates.