Tag: leed
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LEED: A Global Reinvention
Mahesh Ramanujam Chief Operating Officer U.S. Green Building Council “Invent because you must.” Tom Sachs’ adage is a fitting mantra for our International vision for LEED. As the market and the passion for LEED grows around the world, we must r…
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LEED: A Global Reinvention
Mahesh RamanujamChief Operating OfficerU.S. Green Building Council“Invent because you must.”Tom Sachs’ adage is a fitting mantra for our International vision for LEED. As the market and the passion for LEED grows around the world, we must re-invent USGBC in the context of the global landscape. There are new destinations ripe with green building potential, and…
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Two Billion or Bust: LEED Square Footage Tips the Scales
Brendan Owens, LEED AP, P.E.Vice President, LEED Technical DevelopmentU.S. Green Building CouncilEver been to New York, NY? Picture the island of Manhattan in your mind (or Google’s). Now multiply that by three. Or, picture the entire District of Columbia. Both are roughly equivalent to two billion square feet – the amount of LEED-certified space that…
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Two Billion or Bust: LEED Square Footage Tips the Scales
Brendan Owens, LEED AP, P.E. Vice President, LEED Technical Development U.S. Green Building Council Ever been to New York, NY? Picture the island of Manhattan in your mind (or Google’s). Now multiply that by three. Or, picture the entire District of…
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Green Buildings: A Bridge to a More Resilient Future
Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+CDirector, Technical PolicyU.S. Green Building CouncilI overheard a lot of scary things in the workshops and in the halls during last week’s 37th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. The sessions I attended were worrisome, and the mere titles of some of the sessions I missed were downright frightening –…