LEED Training
Green Building Education and Training

Free LEED Reference Guide: Where Can I Get One?

Question:


Ahmad asks: Where can i get LEED reference guide apart from buying it. It is quite expensive, just wondering if there is any other way i can borrow it.

Answer:


If you don't have a friend who can lend you the books, online message boards are excellent places to find used (sometimes free) LEED Reference Guides.

While free LEED reference guides are hard to come by, free information is available at the U.S. Green Building Council Website. The USGBC offers a lot of free material including a partial reference guide. Also, the Green Building Certification Institute offers free information on the exam as well as free LEED AP sample exam questions and helpful tips for passing the exam. It is important to use a reputable source for the information you are using for the exam because the materials are updated constantly.

There are also many LEED Reference Guides available today to help individuals study for the LEED AP Exam. A few of the LEED Exam Prep tools, such as those sold by Green Exam Prep and PPI, have been vetted by thousands of people and come highly recommended by those who have used them to study for and successfully pass the LEED Exam to become LEED Accredited Professionals. These tools are not free, but in terms of the overall value they may provide in helping you become a LEED AP, they may be worth the money.

There are also used guides available on Amazon.com, eBay and through the ARE Forum, but you will have to pay for them.

Good luck!!
Green-Buildings.com

Subscribe for Free!

Don't miss the latest LEED and Green Building Advice. Subscribe for Free!
Enter your email address:

Comments

Free LEED Reference Guide

Wed, 08/26/2009 - 16:33 — Yancey (not verified)

I don't know what area you are in, but here in Atlanta, us GaTech grads have access to the LEED reference guides through the student library. It can be a pain, there is normally a waiting list if you want to actually check it out; but considering the cost of just taking the exam, I was more than happy to jump through a few hoops to avoid buying the book!

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
1 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.