Presentation

LiderA, the acronym for Leadership for the Environment in Sustainable Building, it's the name of an assessment and voluntary acknowledgement system for sustainable building and built environment.

The system was developed by Manuel Duarte Pinheiro, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, in Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal) and CEO of IPA - Innovation and Projects in the Environment, Lda, resulting from a series of scientific works about sustainability in building and built environments, performed since 2000, which lead, in 2005, to its first version and to the issue of the first five certifications in 2007.

The LiderA system is intended: (1) to support the development of plans and projects seeking sustainability, (2) to evaluate its performance and position in the design, construction and operation phases, concerning the demand for sustainability, (3) to support environmental management, (4) to assign a certification by trademark through verification by an independent evaluation and (5) to be a distinctive market for businesses and customers who value sustainability.

LiderA - Sustainability Assessment System is a Portuguese registered brand and it is composed of construction environmental performance levels from the point of view of sustainability, that can be compared with different performance levels (A to E), which should be better than existing practices(E).

If the verified LiderA performance reaches a final assessment of the sustainability labelled as class C, B, A, A + or A + +, buildings or built environments are certified with a good sustainability level.