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  • New and Improved Way to Certify Multiple Buildings

    Feature image:  In 2005, USGBC developed the application guidance for multiple buildings and buildings on a campus. Since then, we’ve continued to refine and expand both the document and the supporting tools. The newest update includes two key features. Campus: incorporates a master site and allows buildings that share attributes on that site to achieve…

  • Continuing Education Q&A with Thornton Tomasetti

    Feature image:  Thornton Tomasetti provides engineering design, investigation and analysis services to clients worldwide on projects of every size and level of complexity. Founded in 1956, today Thornton Tomasetti is a 700-person organization of engineers, architects and other professionals collaborating from offices across the world. Thanks to Amy Seif Hattan and Rachel Michelin for participating…

  • 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…

  • This Week in Energy News for April 11, 2013

    This week in Jetson Green Energy News, we’re reporting on recent energy-efficient design awards, a reinstatement of New Mexico’s eco-friendly building standards, new wind power coming to Canada, U.S. GSA sustainability goals, and America’s continued concern for the economy over the environment. Plus, our calendar of upcoming green events gets some new additions. Carbon Challenge…

  • “Missing Manual” Answers LEED FAQs

    Feature image:  New report from LEEDuser compiles key addenda, Interpretations, and FAQs in one easy reference. Keeping up with LEED isn’t always easy. Since LEED 2009 was launched, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has issued a variety of addenda, LEED Interpretations, and guidance documents that offer important clarifications or new compliance paths for key…