Imagine you have been hired as a consultant by a construction management company in the United States that specializes in building smaller scale commercial structures—buildings smaller the 250,000 square feet. They have several senior managers who have LEED accreditation but lack experience implementing LEED practices in construction projects. The company wants to better integrate LEED certification into its construction practices, but it is concerned that doing so will increase costs. You have been hired as a consultant to advise the company on how they can best implement LEED certification with little or no impact on cost of construction.
For this Discussion, review the articles in the Learning Resources to determine the impact of green building practices and LEED certification on the costs of construction. What are ways you can limit the costs of implementing LEED certification? Identify two strategies you would put in place to do so and provide a rationale as to why the strategies would be effective.
