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Unprecedented Amount of Pending Green Le...

Posted by Ken Gardner in Green Business on 02 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Source: globest.com Author: Erika Morphy There is an unprecedented amount of legislation pending in Congress that addresses energy efficiency or green building, according to Roger Platt, USGBC’s senior vice president of global policy and law. These bills, twenty or so all together in the House or Senate–including legislation that is pending introduction, would have been unthinkable ten years ago, Platt tells GlobeSt.com. “I can’t imagine having celebrated three or even five pieces of legislation much less ten,” he says. In the span of a...

GSA Makes Moves to Drive Sustainability ...

Posted by Ken Gardner in Uncategorized on 02 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Source: U.S. General Services Administration The U.S. General Services Administration took two major steps to strengthen its role in President Obama’s commitment to make the federal government a leader in sustainability. The Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings has moved from the Public Buildings Service to GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy, and GSA’s Public Buildings Service established a new position of Chief Greening Officer. The President issued an executive order on sustainability in October 2009 calling on the federal government to...

What does LEED Measure?...

Posted by Ken Gardner in Uncategorized on 02 18th, 2010 | No Comments

So, we know what LEED means and what it is for, but what does LEED measure? To conclude LEED week, here is some information on what the components of LEED are. LEED is a voluntary certification program that can be applied to any building type and any building lifecycle phase. It promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in key areas: Sustainable Sites Choosing a building’s site and managing that site during construction are important considerations for a project’s sustainability. The Sustainable Sites category discourages...

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