Author: LEED Blogger
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Caruth Home in Dallas Boasts LEED Gold Features, Blends Seamlessly With Nature
Architect Tom Reisenbichler has designed this gorgeous Caruth Boulevard home located in Dallas, Texas. While the home is recognized for its LEED Gold design, it is also known for bringing an exceptionally luxurious style into green living. The surrounding trees provided a base for the home design, which uses sharp horizontal lines that reach into…
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Crowdfunding Architecture
In today’s financial environment developers and architects are discovering new ways to get projects off the ground. Crowdfunding, the practice of investing in projects through the use of a crowd-supported web based fundraising campaign, may…
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Crowdfunding Architecture
In today’s financial environment developers and architects are discovering new ways to get projects off the ground. Crowdfunding, the practice of investing in projects through the use of a crowd-supported web based fundraising campaign, may…
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Shipping Container Home for Orphans Inspires Environmental Awareness
Located on a 26,000 square meter agricultural smallholding in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, the New Jerusalem Children’s Home aims “to become one of the best children’s homes in Africa in the provision of holistic and integrated quality care to orphaned, abandoned, abused, traumatised, vulnerable and HIV positive children.” Founded in 2000 by two sisters, Anna…
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University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute Achieves LEED Gold Status
The University of Wyoming’s Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center has been awarded LEED Gold certification for a variety of sustainable building features. The university is home to Laramie’s only living roof, and is known for sustainable features including locally sourced building materials, native or adapted landscape vegetation, natural air ventilation, and building exhaust energy recovery. The…