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Through Innovation, LEED encourages additional environmental benefits beyond those already achieved through other rating system categories. Innovative strategies expand the breadth of green building practice by incorporating cutting-edge techniques, processes and products into the development of a project. Ideally, innovation is a byproduct of the green building process discussed in this guide. The integrative and iterative processes required to achieve the environmental benefits addressed by LEED encourage new methods and standards, while advancing the practice of green building. Projects incorporating these strategies and achieving exemplary levels of performance are rewarded with innovation credits. These may include the use of pilot credits, which are designed to test new and revised LEED credit language, and new or innovative green building technologies and concepts. Strategies and practices rewarded as innovative today may become credits in future rating systems. In fact, as LEED continues to evolve and today’s innovation become tomorrow’s standard, strategies that may have earned Innovation credit in the past may not necessarily earn recognition today. SSS ST EXAMPLES OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES INCLUDE:
- Developing a comprehensive green building educational program for members of the community, occupants, residents or other stakeholders.
- Creating, implementing, and maintaining a program for occupants or other
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