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The statements by Paula Melton about industry influences on Green Globes are both unwarranted and unfair. In fact Green Globes has its roots in BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, the first widely used green building rating system, developed in the ...
Keeping up with LEED 2009 is a challenge. But LEEDuser has created a new all-in-one resource that puts all of the addenda... LEED Interpretations... review comments... frequently asked questions... core material in the LEED Reference Guide... and countless other useful bits of informa...
Plastic resin – part of the upstream supply chain of many products used in LEED buildings. A surprise addition to LEED v4’s MR credit category could be seen as an olive branch to a chemicals industry that has been on the attack. Will it play along? One of the main reasons USGBC unexpe...
The IEQ Space Matrix , currently in its third edition as of April 1, 2013, contains lists that categorize spaces for applicability to LEED Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) credits. The lists are modified from the spaces in IES Lighting Handbook, 10th Edition . These lists should be ...
USGBC has announced a 6th public comment period for LEED version 4, the newest version of the LEED rating systems, but it says that there will be no delay in the member balloting and launch of the system, if approved by members. The new comment period will run from March 1–31, accordi...
LEEDuser’s Documentation Toolkit offers full downloads of a succcessful LEED-CI 2009 project. LEEDuser recently added complete LEED Online documentation (including forms and all uploads) for a certified project to its LEED-CI Documentation Toolkits . The documentation was generated by...
I have been reading & tracking as closely as possible the discussions regarding the "cost of LEED" since 2001 and have always been disappointed in the ubiquitous avoidance of the cost of certification (i.e.that is, for the design team efforts, not the contractors' costs that are built...
10 Tips for Passing the LEED Green Associate Exam No replies Paula Melton Managing Editor BuildingGreen, Inc. Mar 13 2013 LEEDuser Member 18 Thumbs Up Despite waiting till the last minute to study, I got a really good score and became a LEED Green Associate. Here’s where I spill all m...
