LEED For Homes- Page 3 of 6
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‘GreenPoint Rated’: A Green Label for California Homes
Build It Green has been advocating green homebuilding since 2003, and its GreenPoint Rated program for new and remodeled homes is designed to complement other rating systems
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How to Cheat* at LEED for Homes
The road to green certification is paved with low-hanging fruit. This cheat sheet with 22 shortcuts will get you to LEED certification without a lot of trouble.
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Historic Preservation – A Green Alternative: The Chael-Dover Cottage
Historic preservation meets green building at the residential scale in the addition and renovation of our cottage in South Miami. Located in the Cambridge Lawns Historic District, the cottage was…
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LEED for Homes Online Scoring Tool
The web-based program is now offered in two versions – one that highlights basics and calculates an approximate score, another to fine tune and focus on details of each scoring measure
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LEED for Homes Online Scoring Tool Needs a Lot More Work
Good start, but still a long way to go
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Gut Rehab Creates Office Space With an Apartment Above
Architect Richard Renner and his wife Janet Friskey, a graphic designer, wanted a commute in downtown Portland, Maine that involved just a flight of stairs. “We jumped at the opportunity…
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Canada’s First Residential Passivhaus Building
Rideau Residences, a duplex in Ottawa, was aiming for LEED Platinum, but ended up earning Passivhaus certification as well
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Passive House Ambitions Land in Park City, Utah
A four-bedroom house brings the high-performance standard, and a focus on LEED Platinum criteria, to the state’s snowy resort
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Greening the Way to LEED Platinum, Hamptons-style
A nonprofit group promoting ecologically friendly houses landed the top LEED rating for its premiere project, a 4,890-sq.-ft. home in Southampton, New York
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Boston’s Redevelopment Shoots for Green
The city authorizes construction of 10 energy efficient homes as part of a recently launched green building initiative