About LEED Credentialing

Provide employers, clients, and other stakeholders with an assurance of your level of green building expertise with the mark of the most qualified, educated, and influential green building professionals in the marketplace.

LEED Green Associate: For professionals who want to demonstrate green building expertise in non-technical fields of practice, this credential denotes basic knowledge of green design, construction, and operations.

LEED AP Specialty: For specialists in a particular LEED Rating System. The LEED AP Specialty exam is both the LEED Green Associate & the Specialty exam. You must be able to demonstrate experience on a LEED project in order to qualify for the specialty exam.

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Benefits of a LEED Credential

• Strengthen your green building qualifications.
  
• Market your expertise to employers and clients.
  
• Help a LEED project earn one point toward certification.
  
• Contribute to your professional development.
  
• Become listed in GBCI’s LEED Professional Directory.
• Earn recognition with the predominant green building professional credential.

How do I get a LEED Credential?

A.  Become LEED Green Associate Get the LEED Green Associate Handbook Register at GBCI.org to generate your Eligibility ID Register at Prometrics for a test date Purchase the Study Guide Take a Workshop to prepare for the Exam Pass the exam, become a LEED Green Associate!            B. Get a LEED AP Specialty Get the LEED AP Specialty Handbook Purchase the LEED Reference Guide Take a LEED AP Specialty Exam Prep Workshop Pass the exam and become a LEED AP Specialty!