All Posts Tagged With: "Rick Fedrizzi"
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
Greensburg, Kansas to Rebuild Public Buildings at LEED Platinum in Aftermath of May Tornado
Last May, the city of Greensburg, Kansas was devastated by a tornado that killed ten people and injured over fifty of its 1,400 residents- as you can see from the image, the level of destruction was almost incomprehensible. Back on December 17, though, the city passed a resolution to rebuild its public buildings greater than […]
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3Jan2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | Continued
The Green Scene*: Special Report from USGBC’s Greenbuild Chicago 2007
*Paul McGinniss, whose Upstate New York Green Real Estate Report is a regular feature here at gbNYC, was at Greenbuild last week and checks in with this special report about the happenings in Chicago.
Over 20,000 people gathered in Chicago this past week for USGBC’s Greenbuild Expo 2007. I was lucky enough to be invited by ScheinMedia, […]
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12Nov2007 | Paul McGinniss | 2 comments | Continued
Carlstadt Public School (NJ) Receives LEED Silver from USGBC
We wrote about the Carlstadt Public School earlier this year, but the School’s receipt of its LEED Silver rating earlier this week deserves additional mention. Designed by Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey-based DMR Architects, the project earned 36 LEED points for a variety of sustainable features that will help the building reduce its water and energy […]
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28Oct2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
LEED Silver for Bronx Library Center & Local Law 86 Primer
The New York Public Library’s Bronx Library Center was awarded LEED Silver certification from USGBC last summer, but USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi officially presented the honor in person at a ceremony last Thursday, January 11th up in The Bronx. The Center is the first publicly-funded green building in New York City to receive LEED certification […]
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22Jan2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued-
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