LEED Marketing Mania
What is manufacturer’s’ obsession with telling me how many LEED
points I can earn by buying their product?!
From the advertisements you’d think every house being built is going for LEED.
But the manufacturers know they aren’t. They are betting on people
saying, “Heck, if it good for LEEDS then it’s good for my little
house. Give me two!”
It’s a [...]
LEED Study Guides
Everyone and their mother is getting LEED certified. Remember the story about Rockefeller overhearing his shoe shine boy talking about stocks? This prompted Rockefeller to conclude that the market had reached a bubble and was about to collapse. He took all his money out of the market just before it crashed.
Now I’m seeing the [...]
LEED for Homes Q and A
Here is a useful Q & A on LEED for homes.
Presented by O’Brien & Company.
How does the “no additional lumber” address cases of historic/cultural design, in
particular on an infill project in a historic neighborhood or a gut rehab of a historic
building.?
This credit has been revised to a 10% cap on the waste factor in [...]