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Category Archives: LEED certification
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Dawn Killough in LEED certification 4 days ago
The Duthie Center for Engineering on the University of Louisville campus recently earned LEED Gold for its renovation project. Highlights included 54% water savings, reuse of 95% of the existing building structure, and recycling 77% of the demolition waste.
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The Madison Children’s Museum is set to be the first LEED-certified museum in Wisconsin. But the building isn’t the only thing that is green.
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The Courthouse Square building and transit center in Salem, Oregon, a ten year old LEED Certified project, was recently declared structurally unsound. What does this say about green building design?
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Consumers and executives alike are skeptical of businesses green claims, and they have reason to be.
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The Grand Bay Coastal Resources Center is the first state government-owned LEED certified building in Mississippi. The Center is built on land that was underwater during Katrina, and has special landscaping to protect it from forst fires.
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A sustainable design team from the U.S. is helping officials in Guadalajara, Mexico build a green museum. They are imparting some of the wisdom gathered from over fifteen years of green building in Portland, Oregon.
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Newly revealed renderings of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, designed by Rafael Vinoly, provide the public with a sneak peek at this innovative building.
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25% of LEED certified green building perform less efficiently than they were designed to. Three factors may be at play: design issues, constructability, and building operations.
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Glenn Meyers in Energy Efficiency 47 days ago
“The tester was impressed on how tight and energy efficient the home was. This home was sold on spec January 26, 2010. The highest energy bill we had on this home over a monthly period was $50.”
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The Houston Rockets’ Toyota Center received LEED for Existing Buildings Silver certification this month. It is the culmination of lots of hard work, and a great PR campaign.
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Susie Kim-Carberry in Green Design 72 days ago
Sustainable Industries announced the release of its 2010 Top 10 Green Building Products guide, the annual publication profiling industry-leading green building products selected by a panel of expert judges and Sustainable Industries magazine’s editorial team. “It’s clear that as green building certifications become more stringent, product manufacturers continue to innovate, producing higher performing and more… Read More…
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[social_buttons] The man who makes furniture out of cardboard is against LEED certification and calls it “political” rather than necessary. Who is this man who is ruffling the feathers of Sustainable Design and Architecture community? It is no other than Frank Gehry, one of the most revered and notable American architect in modern times. Gehry… Read More…
