1Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, (IIUM), Gombak, Malaysia
American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
2015,
Vol. 3 No. 1, 1-7
DOI: 10.12691/ajcea-3-1-1
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Mehdi S. Kaddory Al-Zubaidy. A Literature Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) -Certified Buildings.
American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 2015; 3(1):1-7. doi: 10.12691/ajcea-3-1-1.
Correspondence to: Mehdi S. Kaddory Al-Zubaidy, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, (IIUM), Gombak, Malaysia. Email:
mkaddory@yahoo.comAbstract
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design offers a means of certifying buildings that ensure environmental sustainability. Among the key areas evaluated for the certification is the energy efficiency of the design. Most of the studies selected showed that LEED certified buildings registered energy efficiency benefits. However, a few articles challenged these findings, citing that some LEED certified buildings did not show improvement in energy efficiency compared to non-LEED certified buildings. The disparity in study findings relates to the research design of the documents studied, the design-orientation of the LEED system, differences in occupancy numbers and building energy uses and the disparity in construction periods for the buildings under study.
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