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Last week, the U.S. Green Building Council joined Kaiser Permanente in Hillsboro, Ore., to put a LEED Gold plaque on our Westside Medical Center.
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First Look: LEED v4 online forms (part 2)
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Welcome back to the LEED v4 first look series, where we’re giving you a sneak preview at the new or updated tools and resources that are part on the LEED v4 program. Everything that we’ve done has been based on the great feedback we’ve received from a number of sources including LEED volunteers, participants in the LEED v4 Beta (who are actually certifying projects using the LEED v4 credits and tools) and other LEED practitioners.
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The LEED Certification Work Zone is coming to AIA
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Have questions about your LEED project? Come see us at the 2013 AIA Conference in Denver. For the third consecutive year, the LEED Certification Work Zone will be at AIA. The Work Zone is where green building practitioners can meet in person with LEED Reviewers. Here you’ll be able to discuss your projects, have your questions about the certification process answered and learn more about LEED v4.LEED v4 Twitter Chat Q&A: Recap
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Thank you to everyone who followed our @USGBC twitter handle yesterday afternoon as our VP of LEED Technical Development, Brendan Owens, answered your questions on all things v4. It was an info-packed hour, full of great questions and conversation.
LEEDv4 Twitter Chat Q&A: Recap
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Thank you to everyone who followed our @USGBC twitter handle yesterday afternoon as our VP of LEED Technical Development, Brendan Owens, answered your questions on all things v4. It was an info-packed hour, full of great questions and conversation.
How much can your community save with smarter growth? (Hint: More than you think!)
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Governments across the country are increasingly turning to “smart growth” as smart policy, and a new study reveals the dollars and cents behind these policy decisions. In Smart Growth America’s latest report, Building Better Budgets: A National Examination of the Fiscal Benefits of Smart Growth Development, SGA compiles the first national survey on the local government savings from smart growth measures.
First Look: LEED v4 online forms
Feature image: LEED v4 is more than just credits and requirements. With this update, USGBC has taken a deeper look at the tools and resources that support the program. We’ve reached out to the marketplace for feedback on what’s working and what’s not the so we could make improvements that help these tools operate as designed. The information we’ve gathered through conversations with LEED practitioners, the LEED v4 Beta program and even in public comment periods has helped us identify ways to save project teams time.
Watch the trailer for “Water Blues, Green Solutions”
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Water is a limited resource, essential for life. Just as we recognize the value of water, it is important to recognize the value of natural systems to store and maintain clean, fresh water and to sustain biodiversity and wildlife.
Project Spotlight: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick
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The first LEED Gold spring training facility is setting records! Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, spring training home to the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies, set single-game attendance records this past spring. Now in its third season, the combined attendance climbed to 300,000 D-backs and Rockies fans, the third-highest ever for a two-team complex.
Not only have fans been rolling in, so have the accolades. Named 2011 Ballpark of the Year, the Scottsdale, Ariz.
LEED v4 Development – the Road to Ballot
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Have you ever wondered what happens between the last public comment period and ballot? There are quite a few steps involved in closing the development process (when rating system changes are made based on marketplace feedback) and opening ballot.