<< LEED Committees

LEED Technical Advisory Groups

LEED committees rely on Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) to provide a consistent source of sound technical advice with respect to LEED. The TAGs are committees of the LEED Steering Committee (LSC) and under direct management by the Technical Committee, charged with assessing and recommending technical solutions to the LSC for review and approval. The Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) are charged with providing a consistent source of technical advice to LEED committees and working groups with respect to credit and prerequisite improvement and supporting tool development; the TAGs ensure that the integrity of LEED is grounded on technical and scientific considerations of the highest quality. These committees also work on credit and prerequisite development based on their specific areas of expertise.

The Technical Advisory Groups are structured to include commercial, residential and neighborhood development expertise for specific technical issues within the LEED rating systems:

Sustainable Sites (SS)
Water Efficiency (WE)
Energy and Atmosphere (EA)
Materials and Resources (MR)
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
Location & Planning (LP)

All TAGs have associated corresponding committees made up of USGBC members. Any interested employee of a USGBC member organization may join the corresponding committee to receive regular updates and minutes from the core committee and may submit questions or comments to the core committee.

Committee Membership

Core committee members are appointed based on their technical expertise in relevant LEED credits. They may be chosen from the corresponding committee or recruited by the TAG from outside of the corresponding committee.

View committee openings »

USGBC national members may join the corresponding committee of any TAG to stay current on their activities. For more detailed information, please view the LEED Technical Advisory Groups Charge (PDF).

Sustainable Sites Technical Advisory Group (SS TAG)

Water Efficiency Technical Advisory Group (WE TAG)

Advises and make recommendations to LEED Committees, working groups, and the LSC on technical issues; reviews and assesses the consistency and technical rigor of credits and prerequisites; develops and modifies credits and prerequisites to be incorporated into LEED in line with the direction of LEED improvements as they relate to water efficiency.

Chair: Dave Carlson, Columbia University
Vice-Chair: Dave Bracciano, Alliance for Water Efficiency
Damann Anderson, Hazen & Sawyer, P.C.
Bob Benazzi, Jaros Baum & Bolles
Doug Bennett, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Ron Hand, E/FECT. Sustainable Design Solutions
Winston Huff, SSR Engineers
Joanna Kind, Eastern Research Group, Inc.
Heather Kinkade, ForgottenRain, LLC
Shawn Martin, International Code Council
Don Mills, Clivus Multrum, Inc.
Karen Poff, Austin Energy
Shabbir Rawalpindiwala, Kohler Co.
Neil Rosen, North Shore LIJ Health System
Bob Rubin, McKim and Creed
Dave Viola, IAPMO
Daniel Yeh, University of South Florida
[back to top]

Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group (EA TAG)

Advises and make recommendations to LEED Committees, working groups, and the LSC on technical issues; reviews and assesses the consistency and technical rigor of credits and prerequisites; develops and modifies credits and prerequisites to be incorporated into LEED in line with the direction of LEED improvements as they relate to energy and atmosphere.

Chair: Marcus Sheffer, Energy Opportunities/7 Group
Vice-Chair: Chris Schaffner, The Green Engineer, LLP
John Adams, General Services Administration
Lane Burt, Natural Resources Defense Council
Allan Daly, Taylor Engineering
Chuck Dorgan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jay Enck, Commissioning & Green Building Solutions
Ellen Franconi, Architectural Energy Corporation
Scott Frank, Jaros Baum & Bolles
Nathan Gauthier, Harvard Office for Sustainability
Gail Hampsmire, Low Energy Low Cost
Rusty Hodapp, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Board
Dan Katzenberger, Engineering, Energy, and the Environment
Richard Lord, Carrier Corporation
Bob Maddox, Sterling Planet
Rob Moody, OrganicThink, Inc.
Brenda Morawa, BVM Engineering, Inc.
Paul Raymer, Heyoka Solutions
Erik Ring, LPA, Inc.
David Roberts, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Michael Rosenberg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
Gord Shymko, G.F. Shymko & Associates
Jorge Torres Coto, mbo, Inc.
Tate Walker, Energy Center of Wisconsin
[back to top]

Materials & Resources Technical Advisory Group (MR TAG)

Indoor Environmental Quality Technical Advisory Group (IEQ TAG)

Advises and make recommendations to LEED Committees, working groups, and the LSC on technical issues; reviews and assesses the consistency and technical rigor of credits and prerequisites; develops and modifies credits and prerequisites to be incorporated into LEED in line with the direction of LEED improvements as they relate to indoor environmental quality.

Chair: Bob Thompson, EPA Indoor Environments Management Branch
Vice-Chair: Dan Bruck, BRC Acoustics & Technology Consulting
Sahar Abbaszadeh, CTG Energetics
Terry Brennan, Camroden Associates
Nancy Clanton, Clanton and Associates, Inc.
Dan Dempsey, Carrier RLCS Engineering
Larry Dykhuis, Herman Miller, Inc.
Dan Int-Hout, Krueger
Alexis Kurtz, Ove Arup & Partners
David Lubman, David Lubman & Associates
John McFarland, WorkingBuildings, LLC
Reinhard Oppl, Eurofins Product Testing A/S
Ozgem Ornektekin, NYC Department of Education
Charles Salter, Salter Associates, Inc.
Chris Shaffner, The Green Engineer, LLP
Dennis Stanke, Trane Commercial Systems
Don Stevens, Panasonic Home and Environment Company
Ellen Tohn, Tohn Environmental Strategies
Prasad Vaidya, The Weidt Group
[back to top]

U.S. Green Building Council