REEF Presents: “Refrigerants and Green Building Certifications: Navigating LEED, Green Globes, Living Building Challenge, and BREEAM"
As the refrigerant transition accelerates, how are green building certification systems evolving to recognize—and drive—more sustainable technologies and practices?
Join the Refrigerant Emissions Elimination Forum (REEF) and representatives from the U.S. Green Building Council (LEED), Green Building Initiative (Green Globes), International Living Future Institute (Living Building Challenge), and Building Research Establishment (BREEAM) for a conversation about the role of green building certifications in advancing refrigerant sustainability.
Our panelists will explore how leading frameworks address refrigerant emissions, chemical impacts, equipment selection, and operational management—and where their approaches align or diverge. At the heart of the discussion is a critical question: What will it take for green building certifications to move beyond encouraging lower-impact refrigerants toward making ultra-low-GWP and natural refrigerants the expected standard?
From PFAS concerns and refrigerant safety to technology availability and lifecycle emissions, we'll examine the opportunities and challenges facing certification bodies and the building owners working to meet their standards.
Attendees will gain practical insights into:
Refrigerant requirements across LEED, Green Globes, Living Building Challenge, and BREEAM.
Balancing environmental ambition with technology availability, safety, and feasibility.
Improving refrigerant management, documentation, and equipment procurement.
Aligning refrigerant strategies across multiple certifications and building portfolios.
Who should attend? Building owners and operators, sustainability professionals, facilities managers, engineers, architects, and green building certification practitioners.
Join us to explore how certification standards can help accelerate the next generation of sustainable heating and cooling.