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First LEED Platinum Home in Texas New
By: Heather Ferrier - Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Project Name: Heather's Home
Project Location: 3900 Lakeshore Drive, Lake Weatherford, Texas 76087
Project Date of ( projected ) completion: April 17, 2006
Square Footage: 2,038
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If It Ain’t Broke, Break It! New
By: Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED® AP - Thursday, June 26, 2008
Source: Yudelson and Associates
Beginning next year, there will be an entirely new LEED system in place, according to moves in May by the USGBC Board of Directors. The long-expected LEED 2009 version is out for public comment; it deals with the four major rating systems currently in widespread commercial use: LEED for New Construction (and Major Renovations), LEED-NC; LEED for Core and Shell, LEED-CS; LEED for Commercial Interiors, LEED-CI; and LEED for Existing Buildings (Operation and Maintenance), LEED-EB.
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First Optimum Performance Green Home
By: Gary Reber - Saturday, May 24, 2008
Source: Gary Reber Designer
The article will document the design and construction of the first Optimum Performance Home. The project has been selected by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for inclusion in the national Leadership In Energy & Environmental Design (LEED®) for Homes pilot program, their new green build certification initiative, and the goal is Platinum certification.
The home is being built at The Sea Ranch, located in Sonoma County, along the Northern California coastline of the Pacific Ocean, approximately 110 miles north of San Francisco.
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Fraternity House Tracking LEED Gold Certification
By: Jami Padilla - Thursday, May 22, 2008
Source: Content Submission
Plans for the new Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity House in San Luis Obispo, CA are targeting LEED Gold Certification, tracking to be the first LEED-NC (LEED for New Construction) building in the City.
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A Grab Bag of Green Building News
By: Jerry Yudelson - Thursday, April 17, 2008
Source: iGreenBuild.com
The world’s largest new green building, the 3,000-room, $1.9 billion Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas received its LEED Silver rating and certificate in March. The huge resort is more than four times bigger than any other LEED-certified building, according to the US Green Building Council, which presented developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. with a LEED plaque at a recent awards ceremony. Coming soon, the Las Vegas City Center project, when completed in 2009, will boast the largest development of LEED Silver-certified projects, some 17 million sq.ft. (1.58 million sq.m.), representing some $7 billion of investment. As most of you know, everything in Las Vegas is on grand scale, now even green buildings. (In fairness, I should point out that the Chicago Merchandise Mart late last year received a LEED-EB Silver certification, making it the largest LEED project ever, at about 4.2 million square feet.)
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Texas' First LEED Certified Elementary School
By: St. Catherine's Montessori School - Thursday, April 17, 2008
Source: MomentumBay
St. Catherine's Montessori School in Houston is Texas' first LEED Certified elementary school. They're 'green' beyond their property -- their curriculum & community are extremely ecologically intelligent. Watch this video and learn more about this impressive project.
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Featured Video Clip - Tour of Green Building With Architect Scott Kelly
By: John Sole - Thursday, February 14, 2008
Source: Guerilla Educators
In this video, Scott Kelly, the AIA's (Philadelphia) 2007 Young Architect of the Year discusses the architecture and each unique green component of his newest design, an iconic office/manufacturing structure that will achieve a Gold or possibly Platinum LEED rating.
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Harvard's New Library Services Building
By: Gabrielle Angevine - Monday, January 28, 2008
Source: Samuel Anderson Architects
Harvard University's new Library Services Building, designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates and Samuel Anderson Architects, demonstrates that a sustainable building can be constructed despite the challenges associated with a small urban site, an extensive public approvals process, and strict temperature and humidity requirements.
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Olson Homes' Depot Is First Attached New-Home Community In California To Earn LEED® Ceritification
By: Kathleen Curtis - Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Source: MWW Group
Olson Homes, a pioneer in sustainable building practices and a leader in California's move towards in-town, urban living since 1988, is the first attached, new-home community in California to earn LEED Certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and attain a Silver rating.
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