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Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
Today is the 38th annual celebration of the planet we call home, and a day to step back and think about things we can do to preserve and restore our natural resources…
So that’s the official line on Earth Day, but I want to know: what do YOU think about Earth Day?
Is it a time to reflect on accomplishments?
A time to call for more action?
Or something in-between?
Send a post, let us know, then go outside and do something good for the planet.
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LEED explained
OK, that title sets some rather lofty expectations for this post, but consider the following my attempt to clarify LEED certification for all of you in reader-land. If anyone has experience with LEED certification, or has something to add to the post, please post your comment, so we can all come away better educated.
With the increased focus on “green” building in the United States, many builders are talking about LEED certification, and I have personally seen many new building announcements that make a point of noting their LEED certification, or their plans to obtain it.
But what is LEED, and what does it mean if a building has LEED certification?
Here’s the definition of LEED from the website of its facilitator, the U.S. Green Building Council:
“The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.”
Basically, the LEED program sets a list of sustainable and energy efficient criteria, and assigns a credit value to each. Builders or renovators (the program has categories for everything from new private construction to public renovations) apply to the program, which analyzes the given project and awards it credits for how it stacks up to the criteria.
Builders I have talked to tell me it’s a complex process, and that LEED certification is not an easy accomplishment. To learn more about the program’s details, you can go to its very comprehensive website here.
If you’re familiar with the nuances of LEED certification, share your experience with it here. Do you think it’s an effective way to get more builders thinking green?
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