Comments on: Can Sprawl be Green? http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/ Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities Wed, 23 May 2012 23:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tyler DeMar http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-45237 Tyler DeMar Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:37:35 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-45237 Hello everyone! It just so happens that my development, The Village in Burns Harbor, became the 1st Green Certified Development through the NAHB... and guess what? Where a New Urbanist Development! While we do like the system setup by NAHB, we are interested in doing the LEED-ND program in our next development with the NAHB program. The main reason we didn't on this one was the required densities were 8 per acre, and we're at 6. Can anyone give me a comparative analysis of the leap we will have to take to go from NAHB to LEED-ND? Thanks! tylerdemar@me.com Hello everyone! It just so happens that my development, The Village in Burns Harbor, became the 1st Green Certified Development through the NAHB… and guess what? Where a New Urbanist Development! While we do like the system setup by NAHB, we are interested in doing the LEED-ND program in our next development with the NAHB program. The main reason we didn’t on this one was the required densities were 8 per acre, and we’re at 6. Can anyone give me a comparative analysis of the leap we will have to take to go from NAHB to LEED-ND? Thanks!

tylerdemar@me.com

]]> By: Tyler DeMar http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-97935 Tyler DeMar Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-97935 Hello everyone! It just so happens that my development, The Village in Burns Harbor, became the 1st Green Certified Development through the NAHB... and guess what? Where a New Urbanist Development! While we do like the system setup by NAHB, we are interested in doing the LEED-ND program in our next development with the NAHB program. The main reason we didn't on this one was the required densities were 8 per acre, and we're at 6. Can anyone give me a comparative analysis of the leap we will have to take to go from NAHB to LEED-ND? Thanks! tylerdemar@me.com Hello everyone! It just so happens that my development, The Village in Burns Harbor, became the 1st Green Certified Development through the NAHB… and guess what? Where a New Urbanist Development! While we do like the system setup by NAHB, we are interested in doing the LEED-ND program in our next development with the NAHB program. The main reason we didn’t on this one was the required densities were 8 per acre, and we’re at 6. Can anyone give me a comparative analysis of the leap we will have to take to go from NAHB to LEED-ND? Thanks!

tylerdemar@me.com

]]> By: double glazing http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-21967 double glazing Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:48:32 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-21967 Its best to go green, i hope the development works out well. Its best to go green, i hope the development works out well.

]]> By: double glazing http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-97934 double glazing Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:48:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-97934 Its best to go green, i hope the development works out well. Its best to go green, i hope the development works out well.

]]> By: Double Glazing http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-21720 Double Glazing Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:51:18 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-21720 You're right with the green requirements for urban planning. Cause if it is not adhered to, then we can have some serious issues yeah! You’re right with the green requirements for urban planning. Cause if it is not adhered to, then we can have some serious issues yeah!

]]> By: Double Glazing http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-97933 Double Glazing Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:51:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-97933 You're right with the green requirements for urban planning. Cause if it is not adhered to, then we can have some serious issues yeah! You’re right with the green requirements for urban planning. Cause if it is not adhered to, then we can have some serious issues yeah!

]]> By: Kyle Cherrick http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-3128 Kyle Cherrick Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:27 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-3128 I applaud LEED-ND for not accepting the status quo by being "accepting of all housing schemes, as long as they utilize green principles". Of course urban living is greener than slightly-modified suburban living. Those new walkable communities are still going to be built in sprawling green fields, which would be fine except that the jobs are in the cities. So those residents will still have to drive 45 miles in their personal car to get to work each day. Public transit will never make it to these areas because there is no density. I expect the market to continue valuing LEED as the premier green certification. Preston Koerner has informed all of us that LEED certified projects financially crush non-LEED buildings, including beating handily those projects that are Energy Star Rated. Bravo to the USGBC's LEED certification. Now someone start building LEED Condos I can afford please. I applaud LEED-ND for not accepting the status quo by being “accepting of all housing schemes, as long as they utilize green principles”.

Of course urban living is greener than slightly-modified suburban living. Those new walkable communities are still going to be built in sprawling green fields, which would be fine except that the jobs are in the cities. So those residents will still have to drive 45 miles in their personal car to get to work each day. Public transit will never make it to these areas because there is no density.

I expect the market to continue valuing LEED as the premier green certification. Preston Koerner has informed all of us that LEED certified projects financially crush non-LEED buildings, including beating handily those projects that are Energy Star Rated.

Bravo to the USGBC’s LEED certification. Now someone start building LEED Condos I can afford please.

]]> By: Kyle Cherrick http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-97932 Kyle Cherrick Tue, 13 May 2008 07:35:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-97932 I applaud LEED-ND for not accepting the status quo by being "accepting of all housing schemes, as long as they utilize green principles". Of course urban living is greener than slightly-modified suburban living. Those new walkable communities are still going to be built in sprawling green fields, which would be fine except that the jobs are in the cities. So those residents will still have to drive 45 miles in their personal car to get to work each day. Public transit will never make it to these areas because there is no density. I expect the market to continue valuing LEED as the premier green certification. Preston Koerner has informed all of us that LEED certified projects financially crush non-LEED buildings, including beating handily those projects that are Energy Star Rated. Bravo to the USGBC's LEED certification. Now someone start building LEED Condos I can afford please. I applaud LEED-ND for not accepting the status quo by being “accepting of all housing schemes, as long as they utilize green principles”.

Of course urban living is greener than slightly-modified suburban living. Those new walkable communities are still going to be built in sprawling green fields, which would be fine except that the jobs are in the cities. So those residents will still have to drive 45 miles in their personal car to get to work each day. Public transit will never make it to these areas because there is no density.

I expect the market to continue valuing LEED as the premier green certification. Preston Koerner has informed all of us that LEED certified projects financially crush non-LEED buildings, including beating handily those projects that are Energy Star Rated.

Bravo to the USGBC’s LEED certification. Now someone start building LEED Condos I can afford please.

]]> By: Kristin Dispenza http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-3067 Kristin Dispenza Sat, 10 May 2008 19:24:05 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-3067 Kyle, I definitely agree that the NAHB is trying to protect it's core business. I guess my question is, will the market reward their efforts? (I actually think it will.) And in that case, is it one step forward for green design overall, or two steps back? Kyle, I definitely agree that the NAHB is trying to protect it’s core business. I guess my question is, will the market reward their efforts? (I actually think it will.) And in that case, is it one step forward for green design overall, or two steps back?

]]> By: Kyle http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/comment-page-1/#comment-3063 Kyle Sat, 10 May 2008 12:36:13 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comment-3063 Keep in mind the agenda of the NAHB: to pump out single family homes. LEED-ND leans away from that, with mixed use more in the forefront. Of course they are going to have a problem with it. It undermines their core business. Keep in mind the agenda of the NAHB: to pump out single family homes. LEED-ND leans away from that, with mixed use more in the forefront.

Of course they are going to have a problem with it. It undermines their core business.

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