As part of a Planet Green TV series, Dave Gottfried explains how his home in Oakland achieved LEED Platinum status from the USGBC.
It is a very impressive undertaking and he explains most of the measures he undertook to achieve the green measures as well as some products that should be further researched.
Here [...]

David (founder of USGBC) and Sara Gottfried’s recent restoration of a 1915 home marked the highest scoring home renovation since the launch of the LEED for Homes Green Building Rating System in January 2008. A press release reveals that the home received 106.5 of a possible 136 points, thus obtaining a Platinum rating. [...]

Check out our new section: “Featured Weekly.” This section will feature new cutting-edge products and techniques in green building. This week’s product: EcoRock.

LEED’s Neighborhood Pattern and Design, Compact Development, intends to “Conserve land. Promote community livability, transportation efficiency, and walkability,” and while it sounds ideal in theory it has caused some stir. On Green Life Smart Life, the author points out how LEED penalizes the size of everything and highlights a point system used by [...]

McGraw-Hill Construction projected at the beginning of 2008 that in this year alone the residential green building market will have annual sales between $12 billion and $16 billion, accounting for between 6% and 10% of of the overall home building market. They also expect the green building market to double by 2012. Alex [...]

A recent article from the USGBC highlights President-Elect Barack Obama’s movement towards a green economy stemming from the creation of more efficient, green buildings:
LEED Initiatives: 12 federal agencies or departments | 31 states
| 108 cities | 30 counties | 28 towns
November [...]

Couple describes building Green House!
Below are tid bits from the article -
“In addition, the house uses five Sunearth solar collectors to store the sun’s energy, a geothermal water furnace to provide cooling in summer and a backup heat source in winter, solar glass on the south and east sides of the house with overhangs [...]

During a Sustainable Building Course this weekend it became evident that a real divide in the world exists of which most Americans are completely unaware. I want to share with everyone the presentation that brought this divide to reality for us here at Environmental Building Strategies. Organic Architect presented this to us, and [...]

LEED emerged over the past few years as the ultimate rating system for green buildings. It brings both critics and advocates. Some argue that LEED buildings are not always as efficient as statistics claim them to be, others cite it as an accreditation easily attained with adequate funds. While there may be [...]

4. “Conserve Building Materials, Reduce Construction Waste, and Sensibly Use Natural Resources.” Recycling old materials, using products like bamboo which has a short regeneration time, and focusing on attaining materials from nearby all contribute to the conservation of natural resources. 5. “Protect and Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality.” Monitoring levels of [...]