Luke Bartee did not waste any time making his mark at WNA. He recently earned his LEED Professional Accreditation, which distinguishes building professionals with the knowledge and skills to successfully steward the LEED certification process.

LEED is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, which encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.

As a LEED Accredited Professionals (LEED APs), Luke has demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles and the LEED Rating System, and is able to facilitate the integrated design process and streamline LEED certification.

LEED is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

Architects, real estate professionals, facility managers, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, construction managers, lenders and government officials all use LEED to help transform the built environment to sustainability. State and local governments across the country are adopting LEED for public-owned and public-funded buildings; there are LEED initiatives in federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, Energy, and State; and LEED projects are in progress in 41 different countries, including Canada, Brazil, Mexico and India.

Bob Williams and Ken Notaro congratulate Luke on his achievement, as he joins the ranks of over 40,000 people who have become LEED APs since USGBC launched the Professional Accreditation program in 2001.