Kiefer Receives LEED AP Accreditation
Adam Taylor, Project Estimator at Kiefer Specialty Flooring in
Lindenhurst, IL, has become the first of our talented professionals
to receive LEED Accredited Professional Certification for Interior
Design & Construction. LEED Professional Credentials
demonstrate current knowledge of green building technologies, best
practices, and the rapidly evolving LEED Rating Systems.
Adam attended Oakton Community College as a Web Development major
and joined the Kiefer Specialty Flooring team in 2002. He brings 13
years of professional flooring planning and installation experience
to our customers.
What is LEED?
LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification
system, providing third-party verification that a building or
community was designed and built using strategies aimed at
improving performance across all the metrics that matter most:
energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved
indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and
sensitivity to their impacts. Developed by the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a
concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and
measurable green building design, construction, operations and
maintenance solutions.
What is LEED-AP Professional Credentialing?
GBCI provides balanced, objective management of the LEED
professional credentials, including the LEED Green Associate and
LEED AP credentials, through structured exam development,
application, registration, and delivery. GBCI also oversees the
Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) for LEED professionals, which
guarantees that LEED professional credentials are the industry's
agreed-upon way of driving ongoing excellence in green building
practice, providing certainty and relevance for the
marketplace. GBCI also develops professional certificates for
those involved in the verification of green building
projects.
Content courtesy of the U.S. Green Building Council
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