tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573495671550699173.post5344603457628456555..comments2023-07-19T08:56:54.656-07:00Comments on Historic Windows: Don't Follow the LEEDUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573495671550699173.post-14155094820453330102013-05-15T19:48:02.233-07:002013-05-15T19:48:02.233-07:00It is a deformation individuals system regarding l...It is a deformation individuals system regarding legislation, and is any elusive pitch that may invite corruption, prefer as well as inadequately conceived coverage. It is just drastically wrong in order to codify developing as well as advancement restrictions or even incentive using a entirely unregulated normal. Thanks for sharing this informative post. <a href="http://www.dieselcatbogota.com" rel="nofollow">detroit diesel colombia</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799026004420040299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573495671550699173.post-77930555902630910202013-03-22T04:32:48.391-07:002013-03-22T04:32:48.391-07:00Mr. Gentleman stated that the minimum cost for a s...Mr. Gentleman stated that the minimum cost for a small firm is $1,500 and NOT for individual membership. <br /><br />Although LEED did provide a wake-up call to this country regarding the protection and regulation of our natual resources, its underlying mission has been tainted by capitalistic agenda. It's all about the 'bottom line' now.<br /><br />Other sustainable timber companies should be considered and investigated. Why are FSC products 20% higher? This seems exorbitant, if you ask me.<br /><br />Also, there is no justifiable reason that a non-profit organization such as LEED should be requiring such high membership fees, filing fees, etc., and generating skyrocket revenues. <br /><br />I agree with the Green Globes concept.Too Many Bigwigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01748192925255288616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573495671550699173.post-20985488671306169142013-01-26T08:52:47.534-08:002013-01-26T08:52:47.534-08:00As an Architect, I agree completely.
Yes, there a...As an Architect, I agree completely.<br /><br />Yes, there are alternatives to LEED and any Designer, Architect, Contractor or Owner should be encouraged to consider other building rating and guideline systems when they feel it is vital to affix a plaque to their lobby wall or need to ware their green on their sleeve. They should also just design well, it is that simple.<br /><br />As an architectural student in the early 90's I was able to study and witness the birth of the USGBC's LEED system and watch as it did morph and bloat into what it is today. I have experienced the almost zombie-like reverence of the LEED point system and find it all silly.<br /><br />Everything that LEED embodies is only a portion of what I was taught in school let alone implemented as a responsible professional architect. I too considered getting my LEED AP before the USGBC changed the certification criteria in 2009. At the time it was all the rage just to jump in a tack letters behind your AIA, RA, etc.<br /><br />I even went so far as to pay the $400 test fee to claim one of the last spots before the criteria changed when another architect asked me why I was going to all the trouble to prove something that I was already doing.<br /><br />That was a splash of cold water that brought me to my senses again. I am so glad I abandoned LEED certification that day, even if my test fee was non-refundable. I was saved wasteful hours of paperwork, mindless chasing of building points and the meaningless random fraternity that is the LEED tag. You do realize that anyone up till 2009 could be a LEED AP so do not put much stock in those letters people.<br /><br />In the last few years I have designed, worked on and gone to the ribbon cutting ceremonies of several LEED certified buildings. The same considerations that I put into those structures I also extended to my other projects. If one could get Owners to understand the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars they are spending on LEED so they can have a bragging point for marketing is already in the design regardless of LEED then we could exhibit our environmental stewardship without the pretense and haphazard implementation that comes from following LEED.<br /><br />Also, I will just let my LEED AP secretary do the mountains of paperwork so as to save the Owner on fee. Something I know the USGBC would never do.Nimrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051635647663950148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573495671550699173.post-30254484431916921212013-01-16T06:14:19.966-08:002013-01-16T06:14:19.966-08:00There are alternatives to LEED that focus on energ...There are alternatives to LEED that focus on energy conservation as a primary goal and income as secondary - a breath of fresh air for anyone who has gone through the LEED certification process.<br /><br />Research the Green Building Institute's (GBI's) Green Globes Building Certification program. They have no prerequisites and if you aren't sure whether you qualify for a point, you pick up the phone and talk to someone about it. No clarification submittals with associated fees.<br /><br />I'm managing a Dining Hall project that is in construction and is seeking Three Globes (LEED Gold equiv.) and our total cost to GBI will be less than $15,000 when we hang the plaque in the lobby.<br /><br />Full disclosure - I am a LEED Green Associate who became disenchanted with their program and chose not to pursue AP certification. I am also a Green Globes Professional.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13749772041432208679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573495671550699173.post-88590867833930037582013-01-15T17:56:06.044-08:002013-01-15T17:56:06.044-08:00The mis-stated cost of membership is a technicalit...The mis-stated cost of membership is a technicality. LEED has become a bloated bureaucracy that rivals or surpasses the Federal government. Why not work for building code changes and enforcement from the system that's already charged with overseeing our construction? LEED is now being inserted into public policy making on an unprecedented scale. This is a distortion of our system of law, and is a slippery slope that will invite corruption, favor and poorly conceived policy. It's just wrong to codify building and development restrictions or reward based on a completely unregulated standard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14695676884418280385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573495671550699173.post-59710546522540958412013-01-15T14:11:29.299-08:002013-01-15T14:11:29.299-08:00As an architect, I couldn't disagree more.
...As an architect, I couldn't disagree more. <br /><br />In my experience, the industry is absolutely not yet "tuned into the concept of responsible design." LEED isn't always easy, but but until the building industry recognizes that environmental stewardship is as fundamental as dealing with gravity loads or keeping out the rain, it will take a meticulous system to encourage us to build the way we should. <br /><br />Besides overstating the minimum cost of USGBC membership by a factor of five -- the actual cost is $300, not $1,500 -- you misrepresent the value of FSC certification for wood and of Maine and Georgia's reactions to FSC requirements in LEED. Forest Stewardship Council certification is the most reliable guarantee we currently have that wood products come from responsibly-managed forests. Without their certification, and the documentation that produces it, all we have are lumber suppliers' word for it. Georgia and Maine have backed away from LEED because a rival timber industry organization -- the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) -- with lower standards has used its lobbying power to greenwash the issue.<br /><br />Of course the USGBC and LEED aren't perfect, but they are the best we've got right now, and the building industry is much better off with them than without. Jon McLellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470504739405295021noreply@blogger.com