LEED Points

Tag: daylighting

  • Parking Structures Should Target LEED Models

    Despite the growth of public transportation and other transportation alternatives, parking locations remain necessary in much of the nation. Even though parking consultants and design teams have been using sustainable practices for parking structures in recent years, many do not calculate energy use as part of their standard methodology. Unknown to most, a garage typically…

  • Through the looking glass

    Green building leads to many benefits for the developer, property owner, and tenant. The economic savings are commonly known; a building that uses resources more efficiently can reduce operating costs. However, as green building consultant and former U.S. Green Building Council board member Jerry Yudelson argues so well in his 2009 essay, “The Business Case…