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USGBC Launches GBIG.org
USGBC recently launched what they are calling “GBIG“- The Green Building Information Gateway. GBIG is accessed by simply visiting GBIG.org and is touted to be a repository for data and sustainable buildings and their related strategies. GBIG currently has five sections: Activities, Buildings, Places, Strategies and Collections: Activities: The activities section allows you to view ...
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 ...
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 ...
LEED 2012: Too Much Change?
I remember very distinctly my disappointment during the LEED 2009 comment periods and subsequent official release of LEED 2009. USGBC had been pronouncing that LEED 2009 would be a significant realignment of the rating systems and a substantial move toward raising the bar on what sustainable design is. I remember thinking that what we got ...
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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