LEED® v5 for Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Advanced Strategies
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Interpret and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of LEED v5 BD+C standards, including Decarbonization, Quality of Life, and Ecological Conservation and Restoration updates.
- Identify and apply advanced approaches to optimize energy, water, and resource efficiency in new construction projects while enhancing indoor environmental quality.
- Evaluate the environmental impacts of building materials, construction processes, and design decisions and propose mitigation strategies to meet LEED v5 BD+C certification goals.
- Demonstrate the use of integrated design and engineering approaches to maximize operational efficiency, occupant comfort, and wellness while minimizing the environmental footprint.
- Identify and leverage advanced strategies, new technologies, and innovative solutions to address sustainability challenges, pushing the boundaries of traditional green building approaches to support future-proof building design while considering human and environmental welfare.

Dr. Young currently works as a Military Master Planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the Planning, Environmental, and Regulatory Branch. Dr. Young is involved in a variety of work including a wide range of military planning, programming, and design projects. Project Management experience ranges from installation design guides to campus master plans. Projects also focus on the impacts of development on human health and the environment, and improvements through better siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of military projects.
Dr. Young is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture. She teaches master’s level landscape architecture design studio course(s).