Development Guiding Principles Over time, a number of
principles, guidelines, practices, and design characteristics
have been developed to guide sustainable development and green
building projects. The following are examples: Building
Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED )
Standard A voluntary, consensus-based national standard for
developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Members of
the U.S. Green Building Council representing all segments of the
building industry developed LEED and continue to contribute to
its evolution. LEED standards are currently available for: · New
construction and major renovation projects (LEED · Existing
building operations (LEED-EB, Pilot version) · Commercial
interiors projects (LEED-CI, Pilot version) Systems Thinking
(excerpt from RMI's Green Development: Integrating Ecology and
Real Estate) Whole-systems thinking is a process through which
the interconnections between systems are actively considered,
and solutions are sought that address mult