Tim Ellis, Owner/President of T.W.Ellis LLC is a LEED AP. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) Accredited Professionals have the expertise required to design a building to LEED standards and to coordinate the documentation process that is necessary for LEED certification. Now what exactly does that mean?
LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts. LEED was developed by U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and applies to all building types- commercial as well as residential.
LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in key areas such as sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, materials, indoor enviromental quality, locations & linkages, awareness & education and innovation in design to name a few.
LEED buildings are constructed as intended, ensuring the consistency, capacity and integrity of the LEED certification process. An organization’s participation in the voluntary and technically rigorous LEED process demonstrates leadership, innovation and environmental stewardship. T.W.Ellis LLC, being LEED certified, is primarily conconcerned with their engergy savings as well as decreasing their carbon footprint, continuing to establish them as a Green company of which they proudly stand by. To learn more visit us at www.TWellis.com!
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