Achieve LEED for Cities and Communities certification with the help of this comprehensive guide.

Learn how three LEED-certified cities – Chicago, St. Petersburg, and Houston are transitioning to 100% renewable energy. The program addresses their unique regional and statewide policy environment, relationships with utilities, barriers or challenges they’ve faced, and replicable strategies and advice for places just getting started.

Get answers to your LEED for Cities and Communities questions from subject matter experts.

An overview of the LEED for Cities program with examples from cities around the globe

Explore how two residential communities pursued net zero carbon and net zero energy goals.

Learn how urban planners implement sustainability and smart growth in their cities and communities.

Urban resilience has become increasingly crucial due to the impacts of climate change, rapid urbanization and repetitive occurrences of massive disasters. This module explains how cities and communities can incorporate resilience with the support of Natural Systems and Ecology Credit: Resilience Planning from LEED v4.1 Cities and Communities rating system.

This course counts towards the Resilience badge.

The education module on Transportation and Land Use Credit: Compact, Mixed Use and Transit-Oriented Development is a part of the education series on LEED v4.1 Cities and Communities existing cities rating, where we will be providing step-by-step guidance on the methodology to achieve this credit in the rating system.

Learn more about the recent changes to and general requirements of the LEED for Cities and Communities: Existing Cities v4.1 rating system.

Education module on the Prerequisite: Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management

The course materials are free through the links below.

The associated quiz and continuing education hours are included in the Subscription to the USGBC online course catalog or available for purchase on this page.

Learn about the LEED Cities: Existing v4.1 Certified City of Bloomington, Indiana

Learn about the LEED Cities: Existing v4.1 Gold City of Tampa, Florida