]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Blog Articles Tagged with 'leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/151101?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design by Mira Rubin Karp Last week I had the pleasure of attending Greenbuild 08, a conference and expo dedicated to (quite obviously) green building. The sheer size of this event forced me to pause. The architecture, construction and design industries ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/151101?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:58:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/149005?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design The Burchfield Penney Art Center, in Buffalo, is the first art museum in New York state to be certified (at the silver level) by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.The museum at Buffalo Stat... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/149005?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:57:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/144605?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Students and faculty are anxiously awaiting the completion of Kroon Hall, Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (FES) building, which is being constructed to meet a LEED-Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council.LEED certificat... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/144605?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:59:13 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/144646?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design (This post is the text from a talk I gave today at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Philadelphia, as part of their Election '08 Forum.)I've spent the past few weeks researching John McCain and Barack Obama on the issues of energy and the environmen... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/144646?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:45:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/143369?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Marywood University announced this week that its Scranton-Dunmore campus will be adding a 300-student architecture program that will focus on green building. In fact, the university's former Health & Physical Education building will be renovated to a... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/143369?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:40:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/142145?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design The Sierra Green Building Association is hosting a tour of 4 homes and 2 commercial buildings that have incorporated green building technologies. Attendees will see examples of passive solar design, ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms) construction, LEED ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/142145?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:46:56 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/140307?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design From time to time, I come across a news article or blog post about a restaurant going green. Here's one located in New York City that I wrote about a few months back. It occurred to me, as well as a group of environmentalists out in Colorado that ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/140307?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:51:12 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/135596?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design What makes a city green? For starters: energy sources, water and air quality, transit options, green building efforts, land use, traffic congestion, and government initiatives. If you're wondering where your city falls in the realm of sustainab... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/135596?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:42:04 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/135267?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Is it just me, or does it not make any sense to continue building office space, or anything else for that matter, if the need for it isn't there? Don't the building owners see all the other available space for rent in the area before they invest mon... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/135267?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:13:52 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009. The proposed revisions encourage designs that would reduce a building's impact on global climate change. Leadership in Energy ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128832?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:52:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/128622?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009. The proposed revisions encourage designs that would reduce a building's impact on global climate change. Leadership in Energy ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/128622?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/130530?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009. The proposed revisions encourage designs that would reduce a building's impact on global climate change. Leadership in Energy a... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/130530?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128357?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Passing the LEED ExamLast Thursday I took--and passed--the LEED accreditation exam. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and is a performance-based rating system for green buildings established by the U.S Green Building Cou... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128357?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:34:59 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/127597?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design The big news is that Nevada has plans underway for 100 million square feet of new construction to be built to U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards. More than half of that is planned for Las Veg... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-strides/127597?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:21:49 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/126493?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Amidst the exciting of athletic accomplishments at this year's summer Olympics, a significant achievement for sustainable design was recognized as well. Last week, on Wednesday, August 13, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese offic... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/126493?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:30:34 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/125469?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Image source: Ambrose HotelThe Ambrose Hotel, in Santa Monica, CA, was just awarded the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/125469?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:40:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/123935?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Laura: did she really need 5000 ft? Welcome to EcoManor, built in Atlanta by Ted Turner's daughter. At 5,000 square feet its about as eco as a Hummer, but that did not stop it being certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. The upshot? Anyone ri... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/123935?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:39:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/119163?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Though I've never experienced the college dorm setting in my lifetime, I have spent far too much of my time watching TV shows focusing on the college dorm (Gilmore Girls anyone?). So this story has a little bit of a soft spot with me, on top of the f... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/119163?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:15:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/116380?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design ICICI Venture has fully exited its TSI Venture India Pvt Ltd, a real estate investment company it formed with the US real estate developer Tishman Speyer, reports Reuters. ICICI Venture will sell its 50 percent stake in the company to its partner Tis... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/vc-circle/116380?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:41:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/104526?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design By Kate SheppardEd Norton will go green -- literally -- next month when he hits the big screen as The Incredible Hulk. But on Wednesday he was on the Hill talking up the virtues of going green figuratively, in our building practices. Ed Norton... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/104526?rsstype=tag&tag=leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design Thu, 15 May 2008 19:47:43 -0400