BuildingGreen Founder Alex Wilson Named 2010 Hanley Award Winner
Alex Wilson, the founder of BuildingGreen and executive editor of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec, is the 2010 winner of the Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.
Integrated Design —
Integrated design is essential for delivering a cost-effective green building. Successful practitioners have come up with ways to get the whole team collaborating effectively and thinking outside-the-box. Not only are they delivering green projects within conventional building budgets, but many are doing it for a conventional fee.The Mindset Thing: Exploring the Deeper Potential of Integrated Design —
Cutting-edge green designers and consultants are shifting the mental models of their clients, building on the connections between green building and personal values to expand the possibilities of integrated design.Foamglas – My New Favorite Insulation Material
New Support for LEED-NC v2.2 Certification
LEEDuser now offers full support, including checklists and documentation samples, for every credit in LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC) version 2.2. Select credits here
What does LEED certification cost, credit by credit? "The Cost of LEED" report breaks it down
LEEDuser Forum
RE: "Initial fit-out" would be if
in PI Form 2 Project Summary Details
How Sophisticated Should Functional Tests Be?
in NC 2009 EAp1: Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems
Turf Grass in Calculations
in NC 2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
Trees Around Building Site
in NC 2009 SSc8: Light Pollution Reduction
How to address area requirements
in CS 2009 SSc7.2: Heat Island Effect—Roof
RE: To try and answer your
in Some problems we faced in the progress of LEED consulting in China
USGBC's BPP system awards EAc5 credit
in NC 2009 EAc5: Measurement and Verification
multi-occupant spaces
in EBOM 2009 IEQc2.2: Controllability of Systems—Lighting
RE: CIRs and LEED Interpretation changes
in USGBC to Offer Precedent-Setting LEED Interpretations, Along with CIRs
RE: Tracking Energy Use
in NC 2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
Park51—The World’s First LEED Mosque?
The Problem with Net-Zero Buildings (and the Case for Net-Zero Neighborhoods)
It can be tough to get to net-zero energy with an individual building, while working at the community scale can offer up opportunities for energy efficiency and cost-effective renewable energy generation.