Start Date: 12/16/2025 12:00 PM CST
End Date: 12/16/2025 1:00 PM CST
Venue Name: Webinar
Organization Name:
Association of Licensed Architects
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Your Need-To-Know LEED v5 BD+C Crash Course
Join USGBC for an in-depth overview of LEED v5—the next generation of the world’s leading green building rating system. This session explores LEED v5 goals, impact areas, and the innovations driving market transformation. Learn about the changes between LEED v4.1 and LEED v5 to enhance climate strategies, performance-based pathways, and expanded focus on equity and human health.
Discover why project teams and organizations continue to choose LEED to meet sustainability objectives, strengthen performance, and enhance market competitiveness. Attendees will gain practical insights into adoption strategies, stakeholder engagement, and available resources to successfully implement LEED v5 across current and future projects. Presenters will share best practices that advance key priorities such as decarbonization, resilience, and health and wellness. Whether you’re looking to position your projects for success or make the business case for LEED v5, this session will provide the tools and strategies to lead with impact.
Learning objectives:
- Define the role of third-party verified rating systems, including LEED, in facilitating green building design and construction practices.
- Describe the overall structure of the LEED v5 BD+C rating system.
- Identify the three LEED v5 system goals and describe how green building design and construction can address each goal.
- Explain how LEED v5 differs from LEED v4/v4.1 with regard to the Building Design and Construction (BD+C): New Construction rating system.
Bios:
Daniel Overbey, AIA, NCARB, LEED Fellow, LEED AP (BD+C, ID+C, O+M), WELL AP, EcoDistricts AP, Fitwel Ambassador, is an Associate Principal and Director of Sustainability for Indiana-based Browning Day and an Associate Professor of Architecture at Ball State University’s R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning. His work focuses on high-performance and zero net energy/zero net carbon building design and construction, environmental systems research, energy/life cycle assessment modeling, and resilient design. Daniel has over twenty years of experience in green building research, teaching, and practice.
Lana Crouse serves as a Regional Director for the U.S. Market Transformation & Development team for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). As Regional Director she leads efforts to advance sustainability, health, resilience, and equity in buildings and communities across the East North Central region (IN, IL, MI & OH). With more the 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience, she oversees market development, strategic planning, education outreach, and event management. She also leads the implementation of strategies and guides a regional and volunteer team focused on shaping local engagement, delivering impactful programming, and fostering strategic partnerships that accelerate green building adoption throughout the Midwest.
Approved by ALA and AIA for 1.0 LUs/HSW.
