{"id":44445,"date":"2019-04-18T14:30:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caireadydev1.wpenginepowered.com\/life-sciences\/cai-what-do-leed-and-cai-have-in-common\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T21:54:16","slug":"what-do-leed-and-cai-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caiready.com\/life-sciences\/blog\/what-do-leed-and-cai-have-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"What do LEED\u00ae and CAI have in common?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you wondered what LEED\u00ae means, and why it has become such a widely used term?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED\u00ae) is one of the most widely used building rating systems in the world. Buildings are certified using different rating systems that go from New Construction, Core & Shell, Schools, Data Centers, Homes, Retail, Commercial Interiors, Existing Buildings, Neighborhood Development, and even Healthcare. Yes, healthcare! CAI Puerto Rico was the LEED\u00ae\u00a0Administrator in the certification of the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center (UPR- CCC). The UPR-CCC is a hospital that works in conjunction with the Comprehensive Cancer Center to serve cancer patients. Read more about our work on this project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back to LEED\u00ae, buildings can qualify for different types of certifications: the most prestigious being platinum (80 points +), followed by gold (60-79 points), then silver (59-50 points), and finally certified (49-40 points). Each point is given based on potential environmental impacts and human benefits. When an owner wants their building certified, they must comply with prerequisites. There are no points assigned for these requirements, but it is essential that the building complies with all of them or it cannot be certified.<\/p>\n

\"pfizerHow can a project accumulate points to reach the owner certification?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earning these points is not simple. It requires work from the entire team, and it starts even before the conception of the project. A project can collect points based on different building categories including location and transportation, sustainable site, water and energy efficiency, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation, and regional priority. Each of these categories has different credits that a team can decide to pursue or not. Below is a more detailed look at the categories and associated credits.<\/p>\n