HOK aims for all design staff to be LEED accredited
::via Miles Walker at HOK Green BIM I found this interesting tidbit: All new salaried hires are now expected to become (LEED) accredited within six months, with the long-term goal to have 100% of...
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LEED exam resources
So today I passed my LEED-AP exam. The intellectual snob in me thought “How hard can a multiple choice 80 question exam really be?”. The answer – very. The exam is hardcore. Unfortunately I am under...
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Local materials, for local people (or a review of LEED credit MR5.1)
The regional materials credits in LEED are interesting. Obviously written with the US in mind, “regional” is defined as a 500 mile radius. For London this extends as far as Denmark, which could be...
View ArticleBiodiversity, BREEAM and LEED
The UKGBC released a report called “Biodiversity and the built environment” on 31 March 2009. The portal was a couple of days late but was available when I checked on 3 April. I would recommend reading...
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Visualising LEED
Instead of today’s usual posting of links (I’m behind on my reading thanks to the Part L consultation which I am slowly digesting), here are two gorgeous websites with visualisations of LEED, both via...
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Certifying green buildings is no substitute for good design
Image via Archinect There’s been a bit of a storm in the green building press stateside over the past couple of months. Frank Gehry, godlike architect in some eyes, had the tenacity to criticise LEED....
View ArticleGreen Buildings Policy (and an iPad)
I recently treated myself to an iPad – a thing of beauty, indeed – and was interested as to how it would change my blogging behaviour. As I keep telling people – the iPad is an excellent...
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