LEED for Homes Providers help consumers find or build LEED Homes in their area, and offer technical, marketing, and LEED verification support to builders.
Prospective homeowners interested in buying or building a LEED home should contact one of the LEED for Homes Providers in their area. If there is not a provider in your area, please feel free to contact a nearby provider. USGBC will be adding new providers as the LEED for Homes program accelerates.
LEED for Homes is a voluntary rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes, including affordable housing, mass-production homes, custom designs, stand-alone single-family homes, duplexes and townhouses, suburban low-rise apartments, urban high-rise apartments, and condominiums and lofts in historic buildings.
LEED Homes are safer, healthier, more comfortable and more durable than conventional homes. They have lower energy and water bills, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and fewer problems with mold, mildew and indoor toxins.
LEED certification is something that consumers can look for to readily identify homes that have been third-party inspected, performance-tested and certified as truly green homes that will perform better than standard homes. Homebuilders using LEED are able to differentiate their homes as among the best on the market.
Please check out these resources:
- LEED for Homes Providers List
- Find a Local Builder : While LEED for Homes certifies home projects, not builders, and any builder is eligible to register a project with LEED, this XLS spreadsheet of LEED-certified homes can help you locate builders near you who have experience building LEED homes.
- LEED for Homes Rating System : Download the entire rating system.
- Order the LEED for Homes Reference Guide : 350 pages of technical advice and detailed information on the LEED for Homes Rating System.
- LEED for Homes Checklist : Get an idea of what will need to go into your home for it to achieve LEED certification.
