Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design(LEED®)

The LEED® rating system was developed by the US Green Building Council as a way to measure and recognize the amount of green building policies, programs, technologies, standards, and design practices. Tri-North is on the forefront of green construction with our LEED® accredited staff that have specific training in this area and continue to stay up-to-date on methods to incorporate sustainable features in your buildings. The US Green Building Council has established multiple levels of LEED certification for a variety of different projects. Three different levels (Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum) can be achieved.

LEED for New Construction

LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations is a green building rating system that was designed to guide and distinguish high-performance commercial and institutional projects, with a focus on office buildings. Practitioners have also applied the system to K-12 schools, multi-unit residential buildings, manufacturing plants, laboratories and many other building types.

LEED for Existing Buildings maximizes operational efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts. It provides a recognized, performance-based benchmark for building owners and operators to measure operations, improvements and maintenance on a consistent scale. LEED for Existing Buildings is a road map for delivering economically profitable, environmentally responsible, healthy, productive places to live and work.

LEED for Commercial and Retail Interiors

LEED for Commercial Interiors is the much anticipated green benchmark for the tenant improvement market. LEED for Commercial Interiors gives the power to make sustainable choices to tenants and designers, who do not always have control over whole building operations. LEED for Commercial Interiors is the recognized standard for certifying high-performance green interiors that are healthy, productive places to work, are less costly to operate and maintain, and reduce environmental footprint.

Recently Tri-North completed our own Gold LEED Certified Corporate Headquarters in Fitchburg, WI. The building serves as our centerpiece and showcase for the green building services Tri-North has to offer. To take an interactive tour of our facility please click here. To learn more information about green building and LEED certification please visit the US green Building Council website at www.usgbc.org or contact us.