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vishal
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Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 02:54 pm |
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I'm a LEED AP and have been involved with a few LEED projects in the last few years. LEED rating system has made a major impact on the industry but I've always felt that it is a very cut and dry method. In most cases it's more of a documentation exercise than a creative one. I'm curious to know what you guys think.
1)What's you opinion of LEED and its impact?
2)What else is going on there?
3) is there any sustainable design resource (books, lectures etc) that you would vouch for? something that deals with the concept, the cutting edge- rather than any rating system.
finally has someone read NCARB's monograph series on sustainable design? or for that matter any other topic in the monograph series? I was wondering if it's worth it to bug my office leader to get the whole series for our office.
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msint
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 11:56 am |
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My office paid for a LEED workshop, so I took it as well as the test. It seems to me like a good set of guidelines, even though a lot of it should already be done by architects, such as site planning and energy,water, and material conservation. Our office just got our building LEED Silver after a few years of a lot of paperwork, so was it really worth the time to get a plaque for the building?
What I've noticed though is that it's got the attention of a lot of our suppliers and engineering consultants, many of whom have taken the exam and are familiar with the system. This should at least make it easier for us to approach them and consider using better systems and materials in our buildings.
Another thing I've been reading about in a few articles about sustainable design is the relationship between historic preservation and LEED, as it applies to the MR credits, which seems like a good way to save the environment and history.
As for additional resources in sustainable design, I'd look into materials and suppliers to see what kind of technology is available on the market and what is being researched for future designs.
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rudoneyet
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 02:50 pm |
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We haven't done a LEED project yet but I have read some interesting articles on the system. The gist of what I read suggested that the process can be cumbersome, expensive and time consuming. I know there are some alternatives to LEED coming out and this might encourage the USGBC (the United States Green Building Council), who governs the LEED system, to become more responsive. I know that the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) has a similar system and I think it has a commercial wing, and I believe several large material suppliers are developing one. A group of Northern California communities also have a developing system.
Actually, in California as a whole, the continuing development of the energy requirements for Title 24 has a lot of energy conservation requirements. These will continue to be increased as our legislature here, for better or for worse, passed a bill that commits California to reducing our greenhouse emmissions to 1990 levels gradually while adding 50,000 people or more to the state's population every year.
There are a lot of interesting requirements that commercial buildings will have to implement starting next year, including more stringent insulation requirements and more daylighting.
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