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New LEED M&V Option!
I try to review all of the addenda to the LEED Rating Systems and Reference Guides on a regular basis, but it’s a pretty big job. If you’ve been working on LEED projects and haven’t reviewed the available addenda recently, I really encourage you to do so- there are some fairly recent addenda that can ...
Green Schools: Worth the Cost?
Last week, USA Today published an article titled Green Schools: Long on promise, short on delivery. Earlier this year USA Today also published a two part piece on LEED in general which I actually thought was fairly objective in its analysis of the potential drawbacks of the LEED Rating System as it exists today. It ...
EDC Magazine Article
If you subscribe to EDC Magazine make sure you look for an article I wrote in your July issue! The article is titled “How Can I get my School LEED Certified?” and provides a five step process for implementing LEED for Schools: Step 1: Taking the Plunge Step 2: Creating a LEED Roadmap Step 3: ...
LEED 2012 Becomes LEED v4
It was officially announced in an email from Rick Fedrizzi, CEO of USGBC, last night that the voting by USGBC members on the acceptance of LEED 2012 is being pushed until June of 2013. Consequently, the new version of LEED is being renamed from “LEED 2012″ to “LEED v4″. If you click on the link ...
London Middle School Earns LEED Platinum
A few months ago, in my two part piece on why green schools matter (Why Do Green Schools Matter? Part 1 and Why Do Green Schools Matter? Part 2), I talked about London Middle School, which was completed this past Fall and was then in the process of pursuing LEED Platinum certification. I am very ...
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