Here’s our weekly collection of green building clips:
Boston named “Most Energy Efficient City” in U.S. by American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, New England Real Estate Journal. USGBC Massachusetts Chapter Executive Director Grey Lee commends Boston for making strides in enhancing efficiency and greening its built infrastructure.
Updated May 15: Exams for the LEED Green Associate, BD+C, ID+C and O+M will feature v4 content in June. Exams for Homes and ND will feature v4 content in 2015.
The LEED Professional Credential exams for the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP with specialty designations will feature LEED v4 material beginning on June 30, 2014.
So you want to earn a LEED professional credential but don’t know where to begin?
It doesn’t get any easier than this step-by-step guide to the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP with specialty.
If you build it, they will play.
And if you build it on the grounds of a turn-of-the-20th-century playground located in one of the world’s largest urban parks, they’ll do so much more.
They’ll engage with nature in a way that’s often difficult in the concrete jungle of a city. They’ll use their imagination to explore their natural environment. They’ll be self-directed, and most importantly, they’ll have fun.
If you build it, they will play.
And if you build it on the grounds of a turn-of-the-20th-century playground located in one of the world’s largest urban parks, they’ll do so much more.
They’ll engage with nature in a way that’s often difficult in the concrete jungle of a city. They’ll use their imagination to explore their natural environment. They’ll be self-directed, and most importantly, they’ll have fun.
If you build it, they will play.
And if you build it on the grounds of a turn-of-the-20th-century playground located in one of the world’s largest urban parks, they’ll do so much more.
They’ll engage with nature in a way that’s often difficult in the concrete jungle of a city. They’ll use their imagination to explore their natural environment. They’ll be self-directed, and most importantly, they’ll have fun.
Last week in Beijing, China I had the honor of presenting Yum! Brands Inc. with a LEED Gold plaque for their first LEED certified fast food restaurant in the nation’s capital. The restaurant is a local KFC that is impressive both inside and out with several green building strategies that will not only enhance the experience for customers, but also for the delighted staff I had the pleasure to meet.
After two weeks of deliberation, the Senate couldn’t advance this important bipartisan bill.
In the recent couple of centuries, the greatest gap has been between the industrialized and the non-industrialized countries. Over the last two to three decades, that gap has been shrinking dramatically, and now the poor countries are growing much more rapidly than the wealthier countries. The big global story is how much progress there has been and continues to be in standards of living.
In the recent couple of centuries, the greatest gap has been between the industrialized and the non-industrialized countries. Over the last two to three decades, that gap has been shrinking dramatically, and now the poor countries are growing much more rapidly than the wealthier countries. The big global story is how much progress there has been and continues to be in standards of living.