LEED version 4 (LEED v4)?came into effect in 2016.In LEED v4 sustainability rating system, a building may earn a maximum of 110 points. Of these 110 points, 99 points may be earned from the impact of a building on six environmental impact categories, which are: 1. Location and Transportation (LT); 2. Sustainable Sites (SS); 3. Water Efficiency (WE); 4. Energy and Atmosphere (EA); 5. Materials

and Resources (MR); and 6. Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ). Each category has been assigned points, so that the sum total of points in all six categories is 99. The number of points assigned to a category gives its relative importance to sustainability of the building. Which of the six impact categories carries the greatest importance?

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Energy and Atmosphere (EA) category-carrying 33 of the 99 points.

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