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  • D.C. Green Building Law Hits Enforcement Snag

    02/25/2009 3:26:25 PM PST · by Professional Engineer · 5 replies · 257+ views
    BuildingGreen.com ^ | January 22, 2009 | Allyson Wendt
    One of a handful of laws in the U.S. requiring private buildings to meet LEED standards, legislation passed in 2006 in Washington, D.C., may be unenforceable as currently written. According to the Washington Business Journal, the D.C. Department of Environment is working to address a complaint from the surety industry, which issues bonds that guarantee the completion of construction projects. The law mandates specific LEED standards for new construction in the city, starting with LEED Silver public buildings in 2008 and ending with LEED Certified large commercial buildings in 2012 (see EBN Vol. 15, No. 12). Developers must provide “performance...
  • Green vs. Green - Seattle would have more environmentally friendly buildings if...

    09/14/2012 2:56:19 PM PDT · by neverdem · 1 replies
    City Journal ^ | 13 September 2012 | ROGER VALDEZ
    Seattle would have more environmentally friendly buildings if environmentalists got out of the way.As a bastion of liberal values, Seattle is proud to be the capital of what some call Ecotopia. But local advocates of sustainable cities—densely packed urban landscapes with a mix of residential, commercial, industrial, and retail uses—are battling with Seattle’s neighborhood activists who, ironically, are using environmental regulations to stop construction of green-friendly buildings that would dramatically reduce energy use. Filing appeals based on the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and the Growth Management Act (GMA), the activists have worked against the construction of two buildings, the...
  • San Francisco’s Green Building Nightmare (Eco-totalitarianism run amok)

    06/28/2008 10:53:18 AM PDT · by SeafoodGumbo · 32 replies · 90+ views
    BeyondChron ^ | Mar. 03‚ 2008 | Randy Shaw
    The idea of “green” buildings is a terrific marketing concept. In San Francisco, it has helped grease the political roadway for massive, view-blocking luxury condominiums, implying that building these structures is more environmentally sustaining than leaving land vacant. Few seem to care whether green buildings can be a nightmare for those having to work inside high-rise structures lacking heat or air conditioning. The new Thomas Mayne designed Federal Building at 7th and Mission Streets in San Francisco is a case in point. Lauded by the New York Times as a building that “may one day be remembered as the crowning...
  • Developers, homebuyers debate what ‘green building' means

    03/26/2008 10:20:52 AM PDT · by Lorianne · 14 replies · 362+ views
    Housing Zone, Seattle Times ^ | March 2008 | Lynda V. Mapes
    SEATTLE _ It was the People's Choice and Best in Show in the 2007 Street of Dreams, the Best in American Living for 2007, according to the National Association of Home Builders, and the first home in Snohomish County to earn a five-star rating as a Built Green home. But with 4,750 square feet, a four-car garage and a location in a rural area where subdivisions aren't supposed to sprawl, was it really green? The Urban Lodge was one of four mega homes burned in an act of arson this month near Maltby, Wash.. Even before the cork flooring and...