single buildings

Recognition of your building’s emission reductions through Leonardo Academy's Cleaner & Greener® Program

Participation in the Program

The following steps are required for your building to participate in the Cleaner and Greener® Program at the Introductory Level:

1. Support the principle that organizations, building owners, and others should be recognized and rewarded for the emission reductions resulting from their energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other emission reduction actions.

2. Report the energy use, energy savings, renewable energy use, and emissions offsets for your buildings so we can calculate your resulting emission reductions.

3. Retire at least 10% of these resulting emission reductions.

4. Ask your suppliers to participate in the Cleaner and Greener® Program.

5. Submit completed application materials and the $300 program participation/certification fee to the Cleaner and Greener Program®.*

Completion of these actions means:

• Your building will be recognized as participating in the Cleaner and Greener® Program.

• Your building meets the requirements of Energy and Atmosphere credit 5.4 of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED^® for Existing Buildings Rating System.

• You can maintain your building’s Introductory Level participation by updating your filing annually.

• You have created the foundation for applying for Cleaner and Greener® Certification of your building (see below).

Notes:

(1) Introductory Level participation does not give your building authorization to use the Cleaner and Greener Certification Seal for your building.

(2) For ISF 140 Carpet Standard users: Completing Introductory Level Participation steps 1 and 2 equals the “Level 2” participation referenced in the ISF 140 standard.

(3) For USGBC’s LEED-EB® rating system users: Completing all requirements of participation satisfies the requirements of EA Credit 5.4.

*Applications submitted to the USGBC or CRI as part of a certification application will not be received. Application materials MUST be submitted directly to the Cleaner and Greener Program as per the instructions on the bottom of the application.

List of Cleaner & Greener Certified Single Buildings

Learn more about Single Building Certification (PDF)

Single Building Participation Application Materials

Please view the instructions page prior to filling out application materials.

• For buildings covered by ENERGY STAR®, download the Short Form Application Packet here. To find out if your building type is applicable, visit the ENERGY STAR website and use their Portfolio Manager to obtain a score for your building.

  Complete Short Form Application Packet.

  To view the Short Form Application only, click here.

• For buildings without an ENERGY STAR® score, download the Long Form Application Packet here.

  To view the Long Form Application only, click here.                                     

Single Building Certification
Certification of your building’s overall reduced emissions footprint

Once you have completed the requirements for Introductory Level participation AND you are reducing or offsetting your building’s emission to at least 10% below the baseline for your building, you may apply for Cleaner and Greener certification.

For your building to become Cleaner and Greener Certified, you must:

1. Complete the requirements for Introductory Level participation (see above) .
2. Document reductions of building emissions through energy use reductions or offsets to at least 10% below baseline emissions. (*This 10% reduction is the minimum for certification.)
3. Request a certification review.

Completion of these actions and application approval means:

1. Your building will be certified for the percent reduction of emissions as determined in the certification review.
2. You will be authorized to use a Cleaner and Greener® Certification Seal.
3. You can maintain your building’s certification by updating your certification application and refiling annually.

Single Building Certification Application Form This form can be submitted along with or after the Participation Application Form (above).

Cleaner and Greener® is a program of
Leonardo Academy, Inc.
1526 Chandler Street
Madison, WI 53711  USA
Phone: 608.280.0256  Toll Free: 877.977.9277
Fax: 608.255.7202
info@cleanerandgreener.org

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Last modified: September 21, 2007

*Cleaner and Greener is a Registered Trademark of Leonardo Academy, Inc.