LEED Neighbourhood Developments emphasize the practice of LEED on a larger scale (see video below for an example from Tampa, FL). These neighbourhoods are able to provide a connection to both natural ecosystems and human ecosystems by creating and incorporating urbanism, green building and smart growth.
The benefit of these developments is that they create communities focused on reducing green house gas emissions for an overall larger environmental goal as “buildings generate up to 35 per cent of all greenhouse gases, 35 per cent of landfill waste comes from construction and demolition activities, and 70 per cent of municipal water is consumed in and around buildings” (Canada Green Building Council, 2016).
Sources
Canada Green Building Council (September 20, 2016). Going Green with LEED. Retrieved from http://www.cagbc.org/CAGBC/LEED/GoingGreenLEED/CAGBC/Programs/LEED/Going_green_with_LEE.aspx?hkey=01b3d086-d0a4-42cf-9e61-7830d801c019
Its a good example, it highlights how by designing and building a sustainable neighbourhood and having the different infrastructures interact and form a part of a larger ecodesign we can have more of a closed system than if we were to ecodesign just a building.