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Figure 2.6 The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little
Rock, Arkansas received a LEED-NC Silver certification and later, after some
additional improvements, earned a LEED-EB Platinum certification. ©Photography by
Timothy Hursley.
devote any time in this book to LEED-EB, because it simply doesn’t require an IDP
in the same way as new buildings. Figure 2.6 shows the Clinton Presidential Library
and Museum originally certified under LEED-NC, then re-certified under LEED-EB.
Other Green Building Rating Systems
In addition to LEED, there are other commercial and institutional green building rat-
ing systems. One system in the United States is called Green Globes, a program of the
Green Building Initiative. The Green Globes rating system is supposedly easier for
project teams to use, but currently has less than 1 percent of the market for commercial
and institutional buildings.* However, Green Globes has its adherents, mostly because
*Green Building Initiative [online] www.thegbi.org. As of April 2007, GBI reported only eight projects certified
under the Green Globes standard, vs. more than 600 certified by the LEED for New Construction standard at the
same time, http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/business/1176436580204130.xml&
coll=7&thispage=2, accessed July 31, 2008.
