Tag: LEED 2012
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Important News About LEED 2012: A Message from Rick Fedrizzi
Rick Fedrizzi President, CEO & Founding Chairman U.S. Green Building Council To USGBC members and LEED users: The amazing volunteers on all our LEED committees have been working extremely hard for the past 3+ years to get LEED 2012 ready for la…
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Well Worth the Sleepless Nights: Fourth Public Comment Period for LEED 2012
Brendan Owens, LEED AP, P.E. Vice President, LEED Technical Development U.S. Green Building Council Earlier this week, USGBC announced a Fourth Public Comment period for LEED 2012, running from May 1 – 15. While we’re not particularly looking f…
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Next Steps for LEED 2012: Q&A with Chrissy
Chrissy Macken Manager, LEED U.S. Green Building Council It takes a lot to finalize a new LEED rating system: A lot of time (years), a lot of public comments (over 19,000), and a lot of steps in the process (hence this explanatory entry). With the c…
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A Codes Retrospective: With IgCC’s Arrival, Jurisdictions Can Now Raise the Floor with this Important New Regulatory Tool
Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+C Manager, Building Codes Advocacy U.S. Green Building Council Today is an important day for USGBC and for green building. It marks the culmination of more than six years of work to turn a crazy idea into a tangible, attai…
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LEED 2012 and Hospitality: One More Reason to Party at the Holiday Inn
Kal Wellman Associate, LEED U.S. Green Building Council Nothing makes for a good old fashioned hotel party quite like the efficient use of cooling tower water and improved outdoor air intake flow rates. Not enough to quench your party-going thirst? …