Just another article found on the internet dealing with the dubious nature of ‘LEED’ certification. First paragraph of the article: “If you happen to pass an extraordinarily ugly new building that looks like a Lucite cube gave birth to an…
Category: Why I Don’t Do LEED
‘LEED’ has all but over taken the field of Architecture. Having ‘LEED’ credentials is just about is important as being registered as an Architect . . . especially so if you are seeking employment in this field. But is ‘LEED’, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design really worth the effort. Does it really accomplish the goals it seeks to attain. Or is it a counter productive waste of time and effort? For my part the answer is . . . well read on.
Follow the link. Pre-conceived and un-scientific requirements lead to unintended consequences. Regulation would limit use of bullet proof glass
“Use materials that have been extracted, harvested, recovered or manufactured within 500 miles of the site.” My first response is . . .what is so special about 500 miles? Why not 400 miles, or 450 miles, or maybe three hundred, eighty-nine…
Why I don’t do LEED. I put a good bit of careful consideration into whether to post a series of blogs posting taking issue with ‘LEED’ and Sustainability. Such has become an over reaching orthodoxy that one must all but…
It seems that our day and age is chock filled with ‘junk-science’ hysteria on the order of Chicken Little with dire predictions of the sky falling at any minute. Or in this case it is the impending global warming as…