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Exercises
1. What is the current version of LEED-NC and when was it adopted?
2. Download the addenda for LEED-NC 2009. Separate addenda into two categories, addenda
to the rating system and addenda to the Reference Guide only. Incorporate these addenda into
appropriate sections of this text.
3. Update Table 1.1.1 with the current status of the rating systems listed, and add other or modified
rating systems from the USGBC website www.usgbc.org.
4. Update Table 1.2.1 as to the current status of the guidances. Are there additional guidances
mentioned on the USGBC website?
5. What are the categories in the BREEAM rating system?
6. What is the current status of the Green Globes rating system? What are the categories in this
system?