The biggest obstacle in the adoption of green materials is a lack of understanding of how to look at materials. Our old method of “price first, features second, appearance last” is short sighted and explains how we put ourselves in this environmental catastrophe.
The primary thing one must understand about green materials is to realize it [...]

Document early and often
Parties need to understand the importance of documenting throughout the process. This is especially relevant when it comes to MR credits. Because of the volume of information those credits require, it is essential that team members provide the LEED Consultants or PM’s with the documentation to be able to quantify [...]

I figured it was time to poke some fun at ourselves and our industry. So here a couple jokes to get you through the day.

• How many daylighting consultants does it take to change a light bulb?

  None—the sun will be back up in exactly 10 hours.

• How many LEED Accredited Professionals does it take to change a light bulb?

  Four—one to tell you how to earn LEED points by changing it, one to change it, one to document the change, and one to deliver the check to the U.S. Green Building Council for certifying the change.

• How many product manufacturers does it take to change a light bulb?
  

The California Air Resources Board cam out with this press release after a unanimous decision to cut greenhouse gas emissions was approved.

Science News release an article shortly afterward that goes further in depth and can be found here
And if Carbon Emissions is your real target then please read the StopWaste.org website which has [...]

President-elect Barack Obama presented an optimistic future for green building in his weekly radio address, yet the current state of the economy is clearly impacting green building. While he proposes an investment into energy efficiency and infrastructure in the economic recovery plan, I wonder how the recession is currently affecting this industry. A [...]

“Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf.” Ideas that come from this concept are being discussed in green building circles around the world.

Rob Watson, sometimes referred to as the “father of LEED,” addresses LEED and impacts of green building in a recently released report: the Green Building Impact Report, 2008. The report explores LEED’s impact in the United States and highlights several environmental benefits resulting from both LEED homes and commercial buildings. Some of these [...]

LEED in general has advocated that the higher the density, the “greener” the building. This is especially true in the LEED for Homes project that the USGBC unveiled in the beginning of 2008. “About 500 builders representing 10,000 homes across the U.S. participated in the LEED for Homes pilot program.” Since then [...]

When did GreenPoint become this legendary system that is so much easier than all others green building rating sytems? Check out their system at Builditgreen.org