Becoming LEED Accredited in Aerospace

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<p>A club I’m in at my University recently provided me with an opportunity to become LEED Accredited for $400. It sounds like a great opportunity for those in Civil or a related discipline, but I’m struggling to see how it would be beneficial or me, an Aeronautical Engineer. Would I stand out with this accreditation? I am interested in the project and I worked a lot with LEED ideas in another class.</p>

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<li>Is it worth the money?</li>
<li>Does it have much relevance to Aero/Will it make me stand out?</li>
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<p>Isn’t LEED about energy-efficient building design?</p>

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<p>Given a big enough engine anything can be made to fly. You never know :)</p>

<h1>2 above is correct - LEED is for architects, civil engineers, and the like. Unless you’re Burt Rutan of course ([21st</a> century pyramid: the ultimate energy-efficient house. (Burt Rutan’s house) - Popular Science | HighBeam Research](<a href=“http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-7999687.html]21st”>http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-7999687.html))</h1>

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<p>Unless you want to go in the power industry, LEED will be a waste of time. </p>

<p>I asked the same thing of my friend who is a MechE grad at GE who is also LEED certified.</p>