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Getting the EPD Credit in LEED v4: Canada Green Building Council Fit-Out

How to earn the LEED v4 credit for EPDs, from a Canadian practitioner helping design CaGBC’s new office

by Alana Fichman

The new office space for Canada’s Green Building Council (CaGBC) will take up half a floor in Vancouver. It’s a tenant improvement project designed by Dialog.

The team’s goal is to achieve LEED Gold, with a stretch target of Platinum, under the LEED for Commercial Interiors (CI) rating system, version 4.

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Published August 3, 2015

Fichman, A. (2015, August 3). Getting the EPD Credit in LEED v4: Canada Green Building Council Fit-Out. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/feature-shorts/getting-epd-credit-leed-v4-canada-green-building-council-fit-out

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