LEED for Schools // Posts tagged as "LEED for Schools"
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: ...
Is Your School Harboring Mold?
It seems like mold in our schools is making the news on almost a weekly basis these days. This recent CNN Article, Are Schools Making Kids Sick?, is a prime example and tells the story of a third grader in Connecticut who missed over 50 days of school in one year likely due to poor ...
Common LEED Documentation Mistakes
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As promised, here it is- a summary of the most common mistakes I see in LEED Design Phase Documentation. A few caveats before I launch into my review: 1. These comments are based on LEED for New Construction v2.2 and LEED for Schools v2.0 projects. LEED 2009 is similar, but some of the documentation is ...
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