The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) develops Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for a wide range of building types and projects. Because many of the sites and structures are unique, they require special considerations resulting in standards that reflect their circumstances. Like all new LEED standards, including the neighborhood development standards [...]
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Greener Than Thou: Holy Wisdom Monastery Achieves Highest LEED Score Ever
June 23rd, 2010 
Eric Wilson My dad, an avid reader of AARP, came across this story about the LEED-NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – New Construction) certified building at Holy Wisdom Monestary in Middleton, Wisconsin. The LEED rating system is based on points earned for completing/qualifying various levels of green building. Currently, there are 69 possible points that [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Recylcing, Renewable Energy 
Tags: Geothermal, LEED, New York City, USGBC 
View CommentsBe a “LEEDER” in Real Estate: An Introduction to the LEED Rating System and the “GREENING” of Real Estate Documents
May 30th, 2010 Eric Wilson This post is a collaborative effort by Jennifer Mullen,* Andrae J. Via,** Mary Katherine McGetrick,*** and Michael Nicholson**** Stimulus money, increased awareness of work and living environments, and new building practices have quickly moved green building to the forefront of the real estate market. A variety of methods exists for increasing energy efficiency, improving air [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Green Economy, Guest Authors, Sustainability Tags: LEED, USGBC View CommentsUSGBC Launches GreenHomeGuide.com
March 9th, 2010 Eric Wilson Here is a quick announcement regarding the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). In an email to members earlier today, the USGBC introduced a new Web site called GreenHomeGuide.com. Designed to help companies in home construction and remodeling, the site is also available to the public. The new site contains A searchable services directory helps [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Green Economy Tags: Green Product, USGBC View CommentsFive Friday Facts
February 5th, 2010 Justin Manger In his holiday letter to members, Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) mentioned some statistics that speak to the boom in green building: 27,373 people joined Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix 14 million people are employed by a USGBC member company Of the 4,328 LEED-certified projects in existence, [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Green Building, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Sustainability Tags: Energy Conservation, USGBC View Comments
