LEED for Healthcare
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) develops and administers the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. LEED is a voluntary point based system that covers five main areas of sustainable design including site, water, energy, materials, …
Net Zero Energy Buildings – The Last Twenty Five
An underlying goal behind advancements in the building energy sectors, including standards organizations, high performance building design guides, various green building rating systems, and initiatives such as Architecture 2030 is to steadily improve energy performance through technology development and application …
The Benefits of Energy Modeling – Timing is Everything!
Common to many LEED projects is to produce an energy model on a completed design for the sole purpose of estimating points. This is the “how lucky did we get” approach. Thus, the energy model tool is not fully utilized, …