LEED Regionalization

Back in early 2011 the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in collaboration with its chapters, recruited volunteers to help contribute to the further regionalization of the LEED rating systems.

(Regionalization is the process by which chapter-level volunteers identify priority environmental issues in their areas and the LEED credits that address those issues). These credits are known as Regional Priority credits that - when earned by a project - reward one bonus point per credit. Over the course of this volunteer effort, chapter volunteers helped select Regional Priority credits for LEED 2012.

Our chapter recruited a diverse task force composed of local professionals, drawing from various areas of expertise and professions. These volunteers had first-hand opportunities to tangibly effect LEED and deepen their personal understanding of important, local environmental issues and make themselves better-informed green building professionals.

Responsibilities of the Task Force included:

• Identifying regional priority issues (priority issues). These are unique, geographically-distinct environmental issues within a chapter.

• Identifying regional priority zones (zones). These are geographic areas in the chapter where regional priority issues occur.

• Identifying  Regional Priority credits (RPCs). These are LEED credits that address regional priority issues.

• Volunteering at least one hour per week researching information and/or participating in task force meetings

The technical expertise and enthusiasm exhibited by our Task Force was much appreciated and on behalf of the 2012 USGBC Nebraska Flatwater Chapter Board of Directors, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly offer congratulations and thanks now that we are at the conclusion of the regionalization efforts for LEED 2012.


We are grateful for the contributions made by the following task force members:

Ryan Bentley, Task Force Chair - USGBC NFC Chapter Member

Ryan Tushner, Task Force Vice-Chair

Amanda Bogner, Task Force Secretary - USGBC NFC Chapter Member, Former Chapter BOD Member

Shervin Ansari, Task Force Regional Representative - USGBC NFC Chapter Member, Current Chapter BOD Member

Nathan Timm

Katie Torpy - USGBC NFC Chapter Member

Kay Carne - USGBC NFC Chapter Member, Current Chapter BOD Member

Dave Lampe - USGBC NFC Chapter Member