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Take the LEED Tour
Choose a tour below to learn how Rieth Village earned points to receive LEED® Platinum Certification.

To see a single document featuring the breakdown of how Rieth Village earned each point, click here.
For a detailed description of each of the six LEED® categories, explore how Rieth Village earned points in each category below.
- Rieth Village earned its platinum rating under LEED version 2.1 in 2007.
- Total points possible: 69
- Total points needed for LEED platinum certification: 52
- Total points earned by Rieth Village: 55
1. Sustainable Sites
Visit this tour to learn about points earned for parking, biking, stormwater management, light pollution reduction, restoration of open space, site selection, and heat island reduction
2. Water Efficiency
Visit this tour to learn about points earned for water-efficient landscaping, innovative water technologies, and water use reduction
3. Energy & Atmosphere
Visit this tour to learn about points earned for optimizing energy performance, renewable energy, green power, and measurement and verification
4. Materials & Resources
Visit this tour to learn about points earned for storage and collection of recyclables, construction waste management, resource reuse, recycled content, local/regional materials, and rapidly renewable materials
5. Indoor Environmental Quality
Visit this tour to learn more about points earned for CO2 monitoring, increase ventilation effectiveness, Indoor Air Quality, low-emitting materials, controllability of systems, thermal comfort, and daylight and views
6. Innovation and Design Process
Visit this tour to learn how Rieth Village earned points for innovation and design
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