Neighbourhood Development

LEED certification for neighbourhoods

LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND) was engineered to inspire and help create better, more sustainable, well-connected neighborhoods. It looks beyond the scale of buildings to consider entire communities. Certification includes: 

  • Plan for neighborhood-scale projects in any phase of planning and design, or up to 75% constructed. Helps developers market and fund projects by affirming their intended sustainability strategies.
  • Built project for neighborhood-scale projects that are near completion or were completed within the last three years. 

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Looking for LEED technical documents? Check out our resources.

Technical Resources

Reference Guide for Neighborhood Development

The reference guide is designed to elaborate upon and work in conjunction with…
March 24, 2022

Checklist: LEED v4 for Neighborhood Development

Project teams can use these LEED v4 checklists to track their project goals…
March 24, 2022

LATEST CASE STUDIES

Ronald McDonald House – Maritimes

Ronald McDonald House Maritimes is a six-storey building located at 5940 South Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. It’s one of 16 Ronald McDonald Houses across Canada, 
a program providing a home-away-from-home for families traveling with a child receiving treatment or in a serious 
medical condition. 

March 14, 2026

240 Markland Drive

In 2020, 240 Markland Drive, a mid-rise multi-unit residential building (MURB) located in…
July 22, 2024

Affordable housing community Mackenzie Green

Mackenzie Green, a new affordable housing community in Richmond Hill, recently received LEED…
January 8, 2014

Latest News

New Guide to LEED v5 Points Rewarding Wood Products

Wood products have always played a strong role in the LEED green building rating…
September 9, 2026

New LEED Rating System Crosswalk with STARS

There’s new guidance for synergies for university and college clients using LEED, TRUE or SITES, and the STARS® program: USGBC’s new “Rating Systems…
September 2, 2026

World Green Building Week 2026: Building it ready

World Green Building Week 2026 runs September 7-11 and invites organizations around the…
September 1, 2026

Bridging the code harmonization & climate resilience gap

As a recognized national leader in embodied carbon policy, Ryan Zizzo has spent…
September 1, 2026