November 11, 2005—Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced it is teaming with the US Green Building Council (USGBC) to deliver a series of enhancements to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system documentation and certification process.
Harnessing Adobe LiveCycle server software, Adobe Acrobat desktop software and the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), USGBC is significantly streamlining critical forms-based processes for its members and LEED users. As a result, USGBC expects to dramatically reduce the overall cost of LEED certification for project teams and accelerate the industrys ability to adopt green building practices.
Fundamental to making the LEED process more user-friendly was moving what had been a cumbersome, paper-intensive process entirely online, says Adobe. Working with Adobe, USGBC is leveraging Adobe LiveCycle server software to provide building project teams the ability to complete and submit LEED-certification forms online in Adobe PDF. Users can then save a copy of forms to a local hard drive for archiving purposes. The entire process can be completed by project teams simply using free Adobe Reader software or Acrobat.
The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, green buildings. For more information, visit the USGBC Web site.
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