Changes address revised delivery and ballot schedule
Category: LEED
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Creating Green, Affordable Neighborhoods: Get Funded, Get Educated, Get Started
The benefits of green building and smarter neighborhood planning and design should be available to everyone, regardless of household income level. We know that green communities foster good health through walkable streets, transit connectivity and proximity to resources. Green building and infrastructure reduce carbon emissions and conserve energy and resources. Collectively, these green neighborhood features drive community costs down and create cohesive, active settings. Shouldn’t everyone have access to green neighborhoods?
Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case.
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If Betty White Were a Green Building…
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Green Hotel Case Study: The Shore Hotel Santa Monica
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It doesn’t take a luxurious property (or budget) to build in sustainability, the Shore Hotel Santa Monica is a strong example of how luxury and green building can work hand in hand in the hospitality industry. I’ve profiled elements of the Shore Hotel, Santa Monica’s newest boutique hotel to combine LEED with luxury.
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Well Worth the Sleepless Nights: Fourth Public Comment Period for LEED 2012
Earlier this week, USGBC announced a Fourth Public Comment period for LEED 2012, running from May 1 – 15. While we’re not particularly looking forward to the upcoming sleepless nights required to keep things on schedule, staff is excited about other aspects of this upcoming comment period.
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My Vampire Pad in Frankfurt and the Youngest LEED AP in Germany
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My time in Frankfurt had a rather interesting start.
For those of you who haven’t been there, at first glance, Frankfurt is a very conservative, very straight-laced, finance-focused town. So, it came as quite a pleasant juxtaposition that my home base in Frankfurt was a cool boutique hotel that I can only describe as a trendy vampire pad…with a bird fetish.
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Among the Canals of Amsterdam
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This is the story of how I almost drank a 45 euro shot of Japanese whiskey, why I fell in love with Amsterdam, and the Dutch LEED AP – who, through his friendship and sincere passion for LEED – has touched my heart and validated for me yet again the transformational power that is LEED.
I’ll rt with the LEED AP.
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LEED and Life in the City of Lights: Paris
My job fascinates me. Obviously because I get to visit interesting places, but more importantly, because of that delicious curl of anticipation that comes with facing large groups of strangers (yes, I actually enjoy this) and the thrill of discovery that comes with getting to know people. Who among them will be that passionate local advocate I’m looking for to unite the LEED community in that country? Is that lady by the window in the green skirt a technical expert with a rare specialization? How has LEED transformed the lives of those I meet? Hmmm, where did she buy those shoes!
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Next Steps for LEED 2012: Q&A with Chrissy
It takes a lot to finalize a new LEED rating system: A lot of time (years), a lot of public comments (over 19,000), and a lot of steps in the process (hence this explanatory entry). With the closing of third public nt, now seems a particularly good opportunity to focus on a fundamental piece of LEED 2012’s evolution – the ballot period.
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Happy Birthday, LEED!
12 years, 12,000 commercial projects. Don’t forget to raise a pint or stick a candle in that cupcake to celebrate the market force that is green building – and of course, to celebrate all of the amazing, thoughtful, ground-breaking projects that have brought us here. We’d love if you share your favorite LEED project in celebration of this milestone in the comments.
Happy birthday LEED!
