1. Agenda
Time Topic Speaker Duration
1430 Welcome and introductions Timo 5
LEED Updates: LEED in the Nordics Sue 10
LEED in Sweden Sue 5
1435 LEED in Finland Ryan 5
LEED Version 4 Ryan 15
LCA Timo 5
1515 LEED Pilot Credits Introduction Sue 10
1525 Introduction of Workshop Sue 5
1530 Questions All 10
1540 Break All 10
1550 Workshop Breakout Groups All 40
1630 Presentations from workshop groups (5 minutes each) All 20
1650 Wrap up: summary of workshop Timo 10

2. LEED: Nordic Update
Sue Clark, LEED Manager
Sweden Green Building Council

3. Green Certification Systems in the Nordics
Denmark: DGNB Denmark
Iceland: No formal endorsed system
Finland: BREEAM, LEED, any rating
system
Norway: BREEAM-NOR
Sweden: BREEAM (BREEAM-SE in
Spring 2013), EU Green Building,
Miljöbyggnad and LEED

4. LEED Projects in the Nordics
100
90
80
70
60
50 Registered
40 Certified
30
20
10
0
Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden

5. Certified Nordic LEED Projects per year
25
20
2009
15
2010
2011
10
2012
2013
5
0
Denmark Finland Norway Sweden

6. LEED Professionals in the Nordics
50
45
40
35
30
25 LEED GAs
20 LEED APs
15
10
5
0
Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden

7. LEED in the Nordics: 2012 Progress
• Regional priority credits for New
Construction
• LEED International Roundtable <
meeting, Greenbuild San Francisco
(Finland, Norway, Sweden)
• Sweden’s DES document now
approved for all of Europe
• Certifications are still on the rise- <<<<<<<
from 15 to 28 in Finland and from <<<<<<<
11 to 33 in Sweden

8. Regional Priority Credits in the Nordics
Sweden (adopted by Norway): Finland:
• SSc4.1- Public Transpo Access • SSc5.1- Restore Open Space
• SSc5.1- Restore Open Space • SSc6.1- Stormwater Quantity Control
• WEc3- Water Use Reduction • EAc1- Energy Performance
• EAc1- Energy Performance • EAc2- Renewable Energy
• EAc2- Renewable Energy • MRc5.1- Regional Materials 10%
• IEQc8.1- Daylight 75% of Spaces • IEQc8.1- Daylight 75% of Spaces
• Other Nordic countries will use default credits defined by USGBC

9. LEED in the Nordics: Forecast for 2013
• Formalize alternative compliance
paths with USGBC, either for
individual countries or for whole
Nordic region
• Regional priority credits for other
rating systems (EB:O&M)
• Nordic certification review team
• Nordic Pilot Credits
• LCA Methodology (LEED v4)

10. Update: LEED in Sweden

11. Sweden Green Building Council
• 2009: SGBC starts with 13 members
• 2010: LEED International Roundtable
Membership
• 2011: Established Member of the World
Green Building Council
• 2012: 193 member companies
• Four environmental certification systems:
Miljöbyggnad (Swedish national system), EU
Green Building, BREEAM and LEED

12. Green Certifications in Sweden
All registered and certified buildings in Sweden, by rating system
600
500
400
Miljöbyggnad
300 GreenBuilding
LEED
BREEAM
200
100
0
dec/09 jul/10 jan/11 jul/11 jan/12 jul/12

13. LEED in Sweden- Statistics
• 35 certified projects
• 20 LEED NC
• 9 LEED CS
8% 3% 69% 20% • 5 LEED EB:O&M
of projects of projects of projects of projects
• 1 LEED CI
• 70 registered projects
• 30 LEED GAs
• 33 LEED APs

14. LEED in Sweden- 2012 recap
• District Energy Guidance document
formally published (can be used
across all of Europe)
• Regional Priority Credits approved
• Half-day LEED Update Seminar
• SGBC LEED Committee formed
• Working groups for Energy, Pilot
Credits and LEED Support
• LEED Awards (New and Existing)

15. Challenges of using LEED in Sweden
• US-based standards (n.b. ASHRAE)
and equivalency with Swedish
standards- need formal acceptance!
• Realities of Swedish practice
• LEED is in English
• Certification
• Exams for LEED GA and AP
• Consistency of review team
feedback

16. LEED in Sweden- Plans for 2013
• Survey of LEED community
• Implementation of DES guidance
document
• LEED resources to members (forum)
• LEED networking meetings
• USGBC formal approval for Swedish
compliance paths
• Increase LEED training
• Outreach to owner-tenant groups