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EPA launches National Building Competition
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Recently, the EPA announced the contestants for their “Biggest Loser” style National Building Competition. This competition aims to encourage commercial buildings nationwide to trim their excess energy use. From over 200 applicant buildings, the EPA has chose the following projects as “finalists” for the competition: 1525 Wilson Boulevard Building in Arlington, Virginia 522 5th Avenue ...
LEED vs. NGBS
A fellow member of AIA Cincinnati’s Committee on the Environment just finished working on a very detailed comparison of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes Rating System and the National Association of Home Builder’s National Green Building Standard (NGBS). The impetus for this study was a forward-thinking ...
East Pointe Earns LEED Gold
For the past two years, I have been working as a LEED consultant on East Pointe Building 200, in Middletown Ohio, a LEED for Core and Shell project developed and designed by Al. Neyer Inc. The building has now been occupied for almost exactly one year, but until yesterday certification was still pending. There were ...
SHP Project is a Green Business Awards Finalist
Pleasant Ridge Montessori, the first LEED Certified public K-12 school in the State of Ohio was honored as a finalist in the first Cincinnati Business Courier Green Business Awards Program. Often referred to as the impetus for the Ohio School Facilities Commission to launch a campaign of LEED Certified Schools (all publicly funded school projects ...
3000 Corporate Exchange is a LEED Certified Existing Building
As of today, 3000 Corporate Exchange, an office building in Columbus, Ohio owned by Westminster Corporate Exchange and managed by CB Richard Ellis has achieved LEED for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance certification at the Silver level. Being the first LEED-EBOM project I have consulted on, this was a learning experience for everyone involved! LEED-EBOM ...
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