LEED Version 3.0
What Will LEED v3 Mean for Green Building Legislation?
In an email that was circulated yesterday, USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi announced that his organization’s long-awaited next generation rating system, LEED Version 3.0- which will be known as LEED 2009- will debut for public comment on Monday, May 19. Generally speaking, LEED 2009 will reorganize credits from each of the existing LEED systems into a Bookshelf System, individually weigh credits based on environmental impact, and offer regional bonus credits. However, one of gbNYC’s more specific interests with respect to LEED relates to municipal and state level legislation that either provides an incentive for or mandates LEED-compliant construction.
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16May2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
Gotham Eateries Go Green, Industry Strives for Sustainable Standards
This week’s issue of Crain’s profiles a number of New York City restaurants that have implemented sustainable initiatives across their facilities and operations. It’s significant that as mainstream a publication as Crain’s is noting local eateries joining the green movement, but the press comes with good reason. According to Crain’s, the Boston-based Green Restaurant Association has certified 55 Gotham eateries to date, up from a mere 1 back in 2001; over a quarter of all the GRA-certified restaurants in the country can now be found here in New York City. As the high price of food cuts into restaurants’ profits, owners are finding ways to trim expenses through reduced energy costs.
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14May2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Second Long Island County on Verge of Mandating LEED for Public Projects
It appears that Nassau County on Long Island is about to mandate LEED for public projects greater than 5,000 square feet or budgeted at $1 million or more. County Executive Thomas Suozzi announced at a press conference on Monday in Mineola that his proposal (also sponsored by legislators from Merrick and Oceanside) was approved by […]
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27Jul2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
List of Green Building “Firsts” Emphasizes Need for LEED V3
The June 2007 issue of Urban Land included a list of ten “green building firsts”, ranging from a LEED Certified police station in San Diego to a Gold convent (designed by Perkins Eastman) in Corapolis, Pennsylvania. As Charles Lockwood noted in the introduction to his piece, the diversity of projects- both by use and geographic […]
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25Jul2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
Industrial Property Owners Push for LEED Credit Recognition
An article that appears in the Summer 2007 edition of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties’ (“NAIOP”) Development magazine helps demonstrate the necessity for USGBC to move its LEED Version 3.0 plans forward with greater urgency.
Back on March 21, KSS Architects hosted a LEED charrette in Philadelphia. Organized by NAIOP, the charrette […]
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6Jul2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Columbia’s Manhattanville Expansion to Participate in LEED-ND Pilot Program
Columbia announced today that its seventeen acre Manhattanville expansion project, designed by Renzo Piano and SOM, has been accepted into the LEED for Neighborhood Development (“LEED-ND”) Pilot Program. (image of the project site looking west from Broadway along 125th Street via Columbia). Interestingly, the news comes immediately in advance of the start of the City’s […]
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15Jun2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued
The Next American City Devotes Latest Issue to Green Building
Recently-published Issue 14 of The Next American City magazine focuses entirely on green building, and I urge you to check it out if you haven’t already done so. An article I wrote about LEED appears in the issue and has a good summary of the general commentary that currently exists about LEED and how USGBC […]
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6Apr2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued
Twins, HOK, and USGBC Look to Extend LEED to Stadiums
I’ve written previously about the new ballpark for the Nationals, which will seek LEED certification, and the proposed stadium for the Twins, whose design team is also exploring LEED options. An article in BD+C suggests that, because HOK Sport is the architect for each of these venues, the firm is working in concert with USGBC […]
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18Jan2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
BD+C Green Building White Paper Acknowledges Potential Green Liability Issues
I’m planning a more detailed post about Building Design + Construction’s recently released 2006 White Paper on Sustainability (this year’s is titled Green Building and the Bottom Line), but I wanted to briefly point out that item number ten (of ten!) in the editors’ Executive Summary is a direct acknowledgement of the legal issues that […]
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28Nov2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 3 comments | Continued
NYC’s Green Temperature, LEED and New York Times Tower
The latest issue of The Architect’s Newspaper has a fantastic feature article entitled How Green is the Big Apple? In it, Cathy Lang Ho, editor of TAN, has put together a comprehensive compilation of information about New York City-related sustainability issues. It’s a great snapshot of where green building stands in NYC- from Local Law […]
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25Nov2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
D.C. Proposes Sweeping Green Building Bill, Greenbuild Underway, New LEED Option, & GreenSource Magazine
Washington, D.C. appears to be on the verge of becoming the largest city in America to formally adopt LEED into a building code that applies to both public and private sector projects. An article in today’s Washington Post provides details about the legislation, which is contained in a bill pending before the D.C. Council.
Under the […]
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16Nov2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 4 comments | Continued-
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