Green-building certification

LEED Certification

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the world's most widely used green-building rating system. We guide projects from initial strategy through final certification, and keep the rating consistent with the engineering behind it.
1.5M
m² administered across europe
v4+v5
leed bd+c · ID+C · o+m
62
projects certified
18
years in the Leed program

What is LEED?

LEED provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings, and is recognised globally as a symbol of sustainability achievement. It is developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), with certification administered by GBCI.

The rating system addresses multiple building lifecycle phases, from design and construction through operations and maintenance, and covers all major building types, including commercial, residential, healthcare, education and retail.

Our role is to keep the rating consistent with the engineering. Credit targets are written into the MEP and façade brief from day one, evidence is scheduled into the construction programme, and the submission window opens onto a complete file.
the process

How LEED certification works

step 01

Registration

Project registration with the USGBC, a scoring workshop with the design team, and a written credit-target memo that becomes part of the engineering brief.
step 02

Documentation

Credit selection and evidence gathering throughout design and construction. Energy modelling, daylight studies and submittal reviews are scheduled into the programme, not bolted on at the end.
step 03

Review

Submission to GBCI for design-stage and construction-stage technical review. We hold the review correspondence, write the responses, and defend the credits in the GBCI review.
step 04

Certification

Final certification at Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum level. We handle the plaque order, the case-study publication, and the operational handover so the rating stays valid in O+M.
why energo

Why choose Energo for LEED?

Choosing a LEED consultant is really a question of who will be standing next to you when the technical problems arrive.

We bring engineering to the certification work, so the project succeeds as a building as well as a scorecard.
01 Expertise

A LEED Fellow leading the work

Marija Golubović is a LEED Fellow and USGBC Faculty member, with over 1.5 million m² of LEED certification administered across Europe since 2008. She leads our LEED projects.
02 geography

Multi-regional experience

We navigate LEED against local building codes and climate zones across Serbia, Italy, Switzerland and the wider region. The credits move; the strategy does too.
03 engineering

Engineering behind the strategy

When we also handle MEP engineering or performance testing, the certification strategy is shaped by the people detailing the systems. When we don't, we work with the project's engineers from the first workshop.
04 outcomes

Performance-driven approach

Certification strategies are built around measurable operational outcomes: energy use intensity, occupant comfort, water draw. The points follow.

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Have a LEED project on the books?

A short call is usually enough to work out where the project sits, what the rating realistically asks of the building, and which decisions need settling before registration.
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