The inaugural World Green Building Day will be observed on Wednesday, September 23.
On Wednesday, a group of green building leaders, including architects, engineers, builders, planners, contractors and building owners will advocate for climate change legislation on Capitol Hill.

“As the built environment accounts for 40 percent of global carbon emissions, the green building movement has an unprecedented opportunity to make a major contribution to both national and international carbon reduction targets,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council.
With World Green Building Day, it’s a good time to think about LEED for homes. If you’re …read more

For the last 2 years, the pilot study rating for residential LEED has been going on. Now the U.S. Green Building Council has the revised residential LEED rating goals and system ready to go. The revised system’s goal is to help architects and designers achieve a whole house approach to green living.
LEED has traditionally been applied to commercial structures – and some don’t think the LEED standards are entirely well thought out. Still, there are obvious benefits if we can achieve green homes, and LEED is offering one checklist for that goal. This is a good tool for consumers …read more