Tag: LEED 2012

  • Hungry for Data: LEED Targets Data Centers

    Corey Enck Director of Rating System Development, LEED U.S. Green Building Council Quick: How did you get to our blog? Did you click on a link via Twitter, or see the article pop up in your RSS reader? However you arrived here, you probably used aro…

  • May I Borrow Your Jumper Cables?

    Lauren Riggs, LEED AP Manager, LEED Performance U.S. Green Building Council “May I borrow some jumper cables?” The brick building asked the building next door. The brick building’s energy use was out of control; It needed to kick-start its effi…

  • We Asked, You Answered: #LEED2012

    Rick Fedrizzi President, CEO & Founding Chairman U.S. Green Building Council Last Thursday, many of you – architects, writers, USGBC chapter members, activists, consultants – joined me on Twitter for a live tweet-up on LEED 2012. It was a doo…

  • A Green Building Opportunity: Three Million Strong

    Doug Gatlin Vice President, LEED U.S. Green Building Council It’s a great time to be an existing building. First: President Obama released last year’s Better Buildings Initiative, focusing financing opportunities on commercial retrofits. Then: …

  • How Will You Impact LEED 2012? Third Public Comment Period Opens Mar. 1

    Doug Gatlin Vice President, LEED U.S. Green Building Council Are you an architect? A facilities manager? A building owner? How about a professional working in a big city high-rise? A father with kids in elementary school? An unabashed shopaholic…