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4. LEED BD+C and ID+C need to keep meaning something Baker and I talked a fair bit about LEED for Existing Buildings (O+M), which I promise to post more about soon in part because it’s deeply relevant to how the green building industry is moving into the ESG (environmental, social...
Cradle to Cradle is a design framework that views materials as resources that can be eternally utilized to minimize waste and create a positive ecological footprint. Cradle to Cradle Certified® products adhere to this global standard, meaning they are safely, responsibly, and cyclically made. ...
I'm sure Tristan is well-meaning in trying to help everyone pass the LEED test, but please do not put too much trust in this free test. I passed the test on friday with a 188 (this was my second attempt. My first attempt was a 168 score!) The second time around, I really focuss...
Mass timber is lauded for being “climate smart”—meaning it helps mitigate climate change—because it stores carbon from the atmosphere instead of emitting carbon. But is this true? Some researchers are starting to suggest that we look deeper. They say that the traditional way of tracking the...
I'm sure Tristan is well-meaning in trying to help everyone pass the LEED test, but please do not put too much trust in this free test. I passed the test on friday with a 188 (this was my second attempt. My first attempt was a 168 score!) The second time around, I really focuss...
This exam is geared toward the product manufacturers, the marketers, the finance people, students, people in customer service for a large construction firm, etc. It’s also for people who are not yet eligible to take a LEED AP specialty exam. ...
·HVAC Systems (meaning the air-side systems as long as the separate energymeters are presentfor the water-side systems in each building as notedabove) ·Exterior entrance and circulation areas The air-side HVAC systems including the fresh air systems serving the podium and thetower must be sep...
The same wire experiment that reveals the double helix produces the same results when performed using thePerpetual Motion Holder (PMH). Leedskalnin makes it a point to say that the same magnets that are running in the wire and in the coil are running in same way in the PMH, meaning the...
We appreciate the now acknowledged fact that LEED v4 was ill-advised from its inception. Industry professionals knew it was a catastrophe in the making and the voluminous thoughtful, insightful, and well-meaning recommendations submitted through public comment proved it, yet they were ignored by the...