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SCMA Virtual Academy Series: Masonry Industry Update: LEED v5 – A While New Approach

March 19, 2025 @ 12:00 pm

Overview: The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released LEED v5 in April 2024. This new version of LEED takes a new approach to the rating system and its development. Credits and requirements in LEED v5 are centered on 3 primary objectives: Decarbonization, Quality of Life, and Ecological Conservation and Restoration. The result is a rating system that clearly identifies how each credit or prerequisite is linked with these goals. Many of the credits from LEED v4 remain. However, much has changed, including credits in the Materials & Resources category.

This presentation will provide an overview of the new rating system structure and planned development. Credits and prerequisites of particular interest to those in the masonry industry will be explored in more depth.

Christine “Tina” A. Subasic, P.E., LEED A.P., FTMS is a consulting architectural engineer specializing in masonry and sustainable design.  Ms. Subasic has provided technical support services, including standards development, educational seminars, and inspection services in the masonry industry for over
25 years.  She is a voting member of the ASHRAE Standard 189.1 Project Committee on High-Performing Green Building, and chair of the Indoor Environmental Quality Work Group (WG8). She is a past member of the Green Globes standard development committee. Subasic also serves
on ASTM Committees C15 on Manufactured Masonry Units, C12 on Mortar, E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action, and is a founding member of Committee E60 on Sustainability. A frequent speaker on masonry and sustainability, she has addressed audiences in over 20 states. She is active in The Masonry Society where she served as the first female President
and was named a Fellow in 2022. She has been a member of the TMS 402 Code Committee for over 15 years and currently serves as the chair of the Veneer Subcommittee. She is co-author of the veneer chapter in the TMS Masonry Designers’ Guide. She is editor of The Masonry Society’s Sustainability E-Newsletter, and has written numerous articles and publications for STRUCTURE and Masonry Construction magazines and other industry associations.  Ms. Subasic received her Bachelor of Architectural Engineering Honors degree with Structural Option from the Pennsylvania State University. 
She is a LEED® Accredited Professional and a registered professional engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.

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