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In Defense of LEED

By Bob Faulhaber on March 8, 2011 6 Comments Bob Faulhaber, building industry, built environment, energy efficiency, green architecture, green building, Integrated Design, LEED, LEED certification, LEED-certified, sustainability, USGBC

A pending lawsuit alleges that the USGBC and its LEED standards are false advertising. Bob Faulhaber, who is himself a LEED, AP defends this green building certification system pointing out how it has succeeded in raising awareness and increasing involvement in developing and promoting green building techniques and that it has helped to promote an integrated approach to design and construction that has in fact lead to more sustainable buildings.

Hot Topics: Green Building – How are We (designers, engineers, etc.) Handling The Evolutionary Process Toward Integrative Design?

By Tracey de Morsella on January 5, 2010 2 Comments aia, Alex de Parry, Ann Arbor Builders, Architectural Design, Autodesk, BIM, Build2Sustain, Building Museum, Carbon Factor, Consensus Doc, construction management, contract for Integrated design, cost-plus-a-fee contract, Denis Du Bois, designers, Duke Farms Foundation, energy modeling, Energy Priorities, engineers, Frank Dalene, green building, Hamptons Green Alliance, Hamptons Luxury Homes, iLiv, Integrated Design, integrated design process, Integrated Project Delivery, integrative design, IPD, Joe Richmond, John Hatzung, Joseph Wyatt, Karen Tucker, Krystyna Bukowiecki, LEED, LEED certification, LEED-AP, LinkedIn, Mark Robertson, Mark Yerkes, MESA Landscape Architects, negotiated contract, owners, P5 Group, Patrick Doss-Smith, Pride Energy Solutions, Raquel Bedell, remodel, Retrofit, SK8 Architectural Design Solutions, sustainable building, T.J. Harris Incorporated, Telemark, Tom Powers, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC, Wight & Company

A two weeks ago, Karen Tucker, Director of Customer Development at iLiv, posted the following question on the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Linkedin Group. Green Building and LEED: How are we (designers, owners, engineers, etc.) handling the evolutionary process toward integrative design?