Earth-shattering news! Both Brendan and I are now LEED-accredited professionals. Sweet.

What’s different?

If you don’t know, LEED is a program that certifies new “green” developments for having low energy impacts and doing other good things. You basically memorize a bunch of stuff and take a test. Both Brendan and I passed on the first try, so I’m not sure what that says about the integrity of their process, but we’ll take what we can get. One of my friends who’s wiser than I am once said: “LEED accreditation just means you have a lot of money and are good at memorizing stuff.” Maybe that’s true, but I’d like to add that we can use their logo on our business cards. Boom, roasted.

Also, we’re working on a project with the Bay Area non-profit TRANSFORM developing a LEED-like process for certifying low-carbon developments. So it’s good to know this stuff.

Need us to sign anything?

The other cool thing is that if you want to certify a project, you get a bonus point just by hiring someone who’s certified (like us). We’ll work for cheap.