Tag: leed
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Sustainable Woodland Living Meets Upscale Urban Atlanta Contemporary Design
How can you live sustainably just miles from a major of a heavily urbanized city like Atlanta and still feel like you have your own weekend getaway retreat? Currently seeking LEED certification, this stunning 4,750 square foot home gives its residents a feeling of remoteness while living only a mile away from shops, offices, and…
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Schilling Green II Certified LEED-CS Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council
Schilling Green II, a Class A office building located at 225 Schilling Circle in Hunt Valley, has been certified LEED-CS Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) – a testament to the building’s resource conservation, energy efficiency and optimal indoor air-quality. This designation means a workplace that is healthier for the environment. According to…
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Bonded Logic & The Home Depot: Green Ways To Insulate Homes and Absorb Sound
UltraTouch Denim Insulation offers ultimate thermal performance and creates a 30 to 50 percent increase in a room’s acoustical performance. The insulation does not contain formaldehyde or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). It is easy to use: a portion of the batts in each package contain perforations similar to paper towels that allow consumers to tear…
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New Ways to Save Water in LEED v4
Feature image: This article was originally posted on edc magazine online on April 5, 2013. The LEED rating system has introduced highly efficient toilets, urinals and entire irrigation systems to thousands of buildings—measures that will continue to be a focus of the next version of LEED. Mission accomplished? Not quite. LEED v4 expands those water-savings…
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Guest Post: Eco-Friendly Construction
There are tons of ways buildings are going green these days and there are new methods being seen every day. The best part about this is that not only are they great for the environment, but they’re sustainable and they’re just as good as traditional methods.