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LEED
We can take projects through the LEED certification process. LEED is an abbreviation for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED has generally been more accepted in the commercial building realm, however, we have found that the basic premises of LEED can be applied to the residential sector. Often there is significant overlap of LEED concepts with general principles of good design.
The architect usually begins to work when the site and the type and cost of a building have been determined.
The site involves the varying behaviour of the natural environment that must be adjusted to the unvarying physical needs of human beings; the type is the generalized form established by society that must be adjusted to the special use for which the building is required; the cost implies the economics of land, labour, and materials that must be adjusted to suit a particular sum.
Thus, planning is the process of particularizing and, ultimately, of harmonizing the demands of environment, use, and economy. This process has a cultural as well as a utilitarian value, for in creating a plan for any social activity the architect inevitably influences the way in which that activity is performed.