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Is LEED Hazardous to Construction Workers?!
One of my coworkers (thanks DuWayne!) sent me a link yesterday to an article that was originally published in Engineering News Record (ENR) Mountain States (here) and then republished on Architectural Record’s website (here). The title of the article, “New Research Reveals the Safety Hazards of Green Building.” is certainly intriguing and immediately had me ...
Where Sustainability and Food Intersect
Those of you who know me personally as well as through this blog probably know that I have been on somewhat of a crusade over the past 14 months to improve my overall health. A big part of this involved losing a lot of weight, but the avenues I used to do this were also ...
Size Does Matter in Sustainability
I just got done reading a short article on Inhabitat that described the new “home” (read mega-mansion) being built by Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen. Read the article here. This little piece of the American Dream is 22,000 square feet for the couple and their son and appears, from pictures, to more closely resemble a ...
GBCI Releases LEED Submittal Tips
At the very end of last year (December 23, to be exact), GBCI quietly added a series of “Submittal Tip Sheets” to the Resources section of their website (here). These tip sheets were written by GBCI reviewers for most of the common rating systems and are meant to be sort of helpful reminders for a ...
USGBC Statistics
I just received my “Happy Holidays from USGBC” email. The note contained some interesting statistics and facts about what the USGBC views as accomplishments of the past year. I found many of these items interesting, so I thought I would share them, directly from the email, for those of you who are not on their ...
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