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Sustainability and the Structural Engineer The desire for high-performance, green, sustainable, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified buildings has become a major force in today’s construction market. As the hype surrounding green construction evolves, the role of the structural engineer in contributing to sustainable building seems to have been diminished to that of simply being a specifier of construction materials rather than a designer of sustainable structures. The real issue for the structural engineering profession is determining what role the structural eng