The dirt is raked. The grass is mowed. The lines are chalked. And the high-efficiency field lights are ready for action. Yes, Major League Baseball’s Opening Day is almost here. And as this joyous day arrives across the country, more Read more…
Tag: US Green Building Council
I covered the messy breakdown of the Carousel/Destiny USA project in Syracuse earlier this week. In short, the Destiny USA project was selected as a green "demonstration" project under the 2004 Green Bonds program. $255 million in tax exempt bonds were issued Read more…
In October 2010, Henry Gifford filed a lawsuit against the United States Green Building Council alleging, essentially, that the USGBC had fraudulently represented the performance of LEED buildings, and doctored study results to support their claim that LEED buildings performed more Read more…
Director Michael Nash has traveled the world collecting evidence demonstrating the human face of climate change from Tuvalu to the Pentagon, addressing the grim reality of the challenges we face. Whether man made or natural climatic shifts are causing the most recent temperature shifts, extreme climatic events and sea level rise the outcomes are visibly effecting people across the world, today.
2010 was a historic year for the General Services Administration (GSA). With a portfolio including 350 million square feet of public buildings, 200,000 federal vehicles, and a flow of goods and services throughout government totaling $95 billion, GSA has the Read more…
By: Patrick J. Bello, LEED AP, Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, Class of 2012
In April 2009 the U.S. Green Building Council launched LEED v3. Prior to this upgrade, any professional seeking to achieve LEED AP status had a choice of onl…
Another Bad Week, Or a Really Good One? Good news grows as slow as a tree, but bad news spills as fast as a broken oil main. That seems to be the lesson from this week as BP, the U.S. Read more…
Several interesting CleanTechies articles on LEED have covered the topic from different angles — this one will add a new perspective by giving a commercial example (and make a strong case for going green). What is LEED? LEED stands for Read more…
If the headline doesn’t get you, the price tag might: $500 million. U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was in Memphis last week to announce five grant competitions, totaling $500 million, to fund projects that will prepare workers for green Read more…
I wrote earlier about the US Green Building Council’s LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional) certification program. LEED is a 4-tier rating system for high-performing buildings that encourages a systemic approach to sustainable design. Historically, most Read more…
In Vol. I on the subject I described the US Green Building Council’s LEED AP (Accredited Professional) certification program, and my plan to become LEED AP certified to strengthen my sustainability credentials and to help guide the renovation of my Read more…
In my first post of this series I described the US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, and how individuals looking for a clean tech career should consider LEED AP certification to Read more…