Which activity is a USGBC responsibility?

• A. Providing LEED project certification services to clients.
• B. Overseeing local code compliance for construction.
• C. Developing LEED rating systems, LEED reference guides, and LEED educational courses and research projects.
• D. Marketing LEED-certified products to manufacturers.

Answer: (C)

USGBC’s role centers on creating and maintaining the LEED framework and providing education and research around it. Developing LEED rating systems, LEED reference guides, and LEED educational courses and research projects fits this mission exactly, because it involves designing the standards and the learning resources that guide sustainable building practice. Certification of projects, by contrast, is handled by GBCI, not USGBC, so providing LEED project certification services is not a USGBC responsibility. Local code compliance is the domain of local governments and building departments, not USGBC. Marketing LEED-certified products to manufacturers is not a USGBC function either.