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LEED and Energy Efficiency: Do Owners Game the System?

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  • Roshan Mehdizadeh
  • Martin Fischer
  • Amelia Celoza

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By meeting a set of predetermined requisites and guidelines in the construction or retrofitting process, building owners are able to obtain a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Given that owners of LEED-certified buildings are often rewarded with financial incentives such as tax breaks and zoning allowances, it has been suggested that applicants for LEED certification take advantage of scoring credits that are easier to obtain, but that may not serve in the interests of the environment. In this paper, we evaluate the frequency with which building owners in California seeking LEED certification after the year 2009 applied the most energy-reducing measures to their buildings. The findings indicate that LEED applicants do not seem to display a selective bias against the LEED rating system score credits deemed as particularly energy-friendly.

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  • Roshan Mehdizadeh & Martin Fischer & Amelia Celoza, 2013. "LEED and Energy Efficiency: Do Owners Game the System?," Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 23-34, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsrexx:v:5:y:2013:i:1:p:23-34
    DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2014.12091845
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