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The Top 20 Green Building Trends for 2011

By GEP- Admin on January 17, 2011 13 Comments Blue, Certified Green Schools, commercial real estate, Construction and Architecture, Developing Green: Strategies for Success, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis, ENERGY STAR ratings, fresh water supply, green building, Green Building Councils, Green Building Through Integrated Design, Green cities, green government, greening existing buildings, greening the executive branch, Jerry Yudelson, LEED, LEED for Existing Buildings program, LEED Gold, LEED project registration, LEED rating system, Marketing Green Buildings: Guide for Engineering, municipal utilities, Performance Disclosure, rainwater recovery systems, renewable power standards, RPS, solar power, sustainability, sustainable building, Tucson, water consumption, water technologies, Yudelson Associates, Zero-net-energy designs

A list of top green building trends for 2011 is provided by Green building consultant, Jerry Yudelson and Tom Breunig, director of marketing, of Earth Advantage Institute.

An Introduction To Green Building Construction Contracts

By Jessalyn Dingwell on February 21, 2010 1 Comment American Institute of Architects, Association of General Contractors, B214–2007, building law, Chris Cheatham, ConsensusDOCS, construction law, contract law, energy, energy efficiency, environment, environmental, G802-2007, green building, Green Building Addendum, green building contract, Green Building Facilitator, green design, green economy, green jobs, LEED, LEED points, LEED rating system, LEEDigation, renewable energy, solar energy, sustainability, sustainable building, sustainable design, third-party certification, U.S. Green Building Council

As an increasing number of contractors seek LEED and other third-party green building certifications, the complex set of documents used to manage construction projects must adapt to reflect the challenges and risks inherent in green building. Risks include the use of new materials and design techniques, uncertainty around the performance of the building upon completion and the ability to actually achieve a third-party certification. Both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of General Contractors publish form contracts to demonstrate how to draft contracts that adequately address these risks.

A Guide To Becoming A LEED Green Associate

By Jessalyn Dingwell on February 8, 2010 15 Comments ASHRAE, ASHRAE energy performance requirements, CFC, Clean Edison, Climate Change, corporate social responsibility, energy efficiency, environment, environmental, Everblue, exam, exam prep, GBCI, global warming, green building, green building certification institute, green collar jobs, green economy, green education, Green Step, greenhouse gas emissions, iPhone, LEED, LEED Core Concepts & Strategies, Leed Fellow, LEED GA, leed green associate, LEED rating system, LEED-AP, LinkedIn, PPI, professional certification, professional credential, Prometric, sustainability, sustainable building, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC, webinar

Looking for a way to transition your career into the new green economy? Need to boost your resume in a tough job market? Achieving the LEED Green Associate (LEED GA) credential allows you to market your knowledge of green building to potential employers. This first level of LEED professional credentialing is designed for professionals who want to demonstrate green building expertise in non-technical fields of practice, and to demonstrate basic knowledge of green design, construction, and operations.

LEED Version 3 – A Whole Mess of Changes

By John_Poole on October 1, 2009 3 Comments access to public transportation credit, accreditation system, ASHRAE energy performance requirements, Delaware Valley Green Building Council, development density and community connectivity credit, Gold, Homes Building Design and Construction, Interior Design and Construction, LEED associate, LEED Legacys, LEED rating system, LEED v3, LEED Version 3, LEED-AP, LEED-certified, low-emitting and fuel efficient vehicles requirement, Neighborhood Development, on-site renewable energy, on-site renewable energy credit, Operations & Maintenance, optimize energy requirements in Energy and Atmosphere, Peter Levasseur, Platinum, Silver

I attended an information sessionrecently put on by the vice president of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, Peter Levasseur. It was an excellent presentation, but if this thing gets any more complicated I may have to….well, I don’t know what I may have to do, but it would probably involved whining about it to deaf ears throughout cyberspace. Actually the changes, in my opinion, are very sensible, they just take a little time to go back and learn. And since human beings are very lazy (no it’s not just me), we don’t like having to learn something even once, let alone twice, and then again in another three years. C’mon didn’t we graduate from school for a reason?

Green Buildings the Brick and Mortar of the Green Economy

By Chris de Morsella on March 16, 2009 1 Comment American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Annual Energy Review 2007 Energy Information Administration, building retrofit, green building, green building certifications, Green Building Rating System, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, LEED rating system, recycled materials, storm water runoff, sustainable building, U.S. Green Building Council, US Department of Energy, US energy consumption

There may never be a better time to begin new building retrofits and investments in energy efficiency than the climate that prevails today. Commercial and residential buildings accounted for 39 percent of the total US energy consumption. Lowering these on-going expenditures can have such an impact on the bottom line for building operators and owners that this may represent one of the safest and most lucrative places to invest in. The green building sector offers many opportunities for retrofitting existing buildings to increase their energy efficiency lower their water usage or storm water runoff and so forth that present a whole slew of skilled labor and small business ideas for enterprising individuals and contractors willing to make the leap as well as largely untapped growth opportunities for larger corporations.