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sensitive to local environmental conditions, its checklist system does not vary
enough by the local environmental conditions. For instance, a building in
Maine would receive the same credit as a building in Arizona for water con-
servation, although the principle is more important in the latter case.
Another complaint is that its certification costs require money that could be
used to make the building in question even more sustainable. Many critics
have noted that compliance and certification costs have grown faster than
staff support from the USGBC.
In 2003, the Canada Green Building Council received permission to cre-
ate its own version of LEED based upon LEED-NC 2.0. This document is
called LEED Canada-NC v1.0.

Green Building Council Rating Systems
Table 7.1 shows building rating systems for different countries (source:
World Green Building Council www.worldgbc.org):

Australia: Green Star
Canada: LEED Canada-NC 1.0™
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Japan: Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environ-
mental Efficiency (CASBEE)
United Kingdom: BREEAM
United States: LEED Green Building Rating System™

Table 7.1 The World Green Building Council Members (as of 2007), along with the rating
system
Country Rating System / Status
Education
Australia Green Star Launched 2003.
25 projects.
800 accredited
professionals.
Canada LEED Canada Launched 2003.
25 projects.
1,650 accredited
professionals.
India LEED India LEED India NC launched
January 2007; LEED
launched in 2003.
17 accredited professionals.
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