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 ...
Rejecting Fast Fashion
It’s almost a month into the new year, so I thought I’d share a little update on my own personal New Year’s Resolution: rejecting “fast fashion” or at least consuming significantly less of it. Fast Fashion is a term that is becoming mainstream, but for those of you not yet in the know, the official ...
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 ...
Biomimicry: Design Inspired by Nature
I remember the first time I heard anything about biomimicry was back in 2000 when Speedo’s Fastskin swim suit made a literal and figurative splash at the Sydney Olympics. The premise of the suit was that the fabric was manufactured to reduce drag by mimicking a shark’s skin using a bumpy surface that resembles the ...
Interface- Revolutionizing Manufacturing
What a week! I just got back from a whirlwind visit to the InterfaceFLOR facilities outside of Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve blogged about Interface before and their commitment to the environment as well as the recent passing of their founder and CEO, Ray Anderson. I had previously seen Ray speak a few times, but I was ...
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