I recently attended the West Coast Green conference in San Francisco and came out enthused and confused.
I was enthused about the progress the green buildingindustry is making. That over 14,000 people from all over the country came to learn about the new innovations in green building is huge for an industry, which in many ways, is [...]

This is an excerpt of a recent article written by Jared Friedman for CleanTechies.com, a leading clean technology blog. It features an interview with Matt Macko, an author of the new LEED V3 EBOM exam.

LEEDing the Way: What to Expect On the New LEED 3.0 Exam
By Jared Friedman
I recently had the opportunity to speak with [...]

With the recent surge in money going towards renewable energy research and implementation, many people are forgetting a key factor in reducing our impact on the environment: energy efficiency.
Utilizing renewable energy in your home or commercial building is great, don’t get me wrong, but before this expensive option is employed, you should first look at [...]

How the Stimulus Impacts Green Building
Wed Sep 9, 2009 7:55pm ED
By Jacob Arlein
I don’t know if it is Obama or Al Gore but the US government is starting to understand the need for sustainability. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama in February to [...]

In another bold move by the president, he recently uttered the words LEED when referring to a Certification for the White House.  Is this even possible?  I mean I realize it is, but can we just take a step back for a minute and reflect on where we came from and what was happening in [...]

I don’t know if it is Obama or Al Gore but the US government is starting to understand the need for sustainability. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama in February to stimulate the sagging US economy. By injecting $690 billion dollars to improve [...]

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 [...]

A New Building Energy Label in the Works, Alternative to Energy Star
By Justin Moresco
Is what the headline reads for an article picked up by both Reuters and cnnMoney.com. The article is about a new ASHRAE energy label that would be a more comprehensive alternative to the EPA’s energy star label. Matt Macko is [...]

12. Research the USGBC website – ask around
The USGBC wants you to succeed – they happen to want you to be in compliance too. They are pushing the market in a new direction and by signing up you are agreeing that direction is a good one – you are advocating the same thing. Because [...]

The following is from a Buildinggreen.com article written about Matt’s experience writing the new LEED AP exam:
New LEED AP Exam Writer Tells All
Editor’s Note: When Matt Macko, a principal at Environmental Building Strategies, told me that he was the only energy expert in the room when the new LEED AP BD+C exam was [...]