Thanks to Jenifer Wightman and Mark Piepkorn for the great leads on LEED. The "ton of great discussion" is aptly characterized! Thought provoking and informative.
Joel At 07:13 PM 9/29/08 -0400, you wrote: >Henry's great. Here's an article about his critique, followed by a >ton of great discussion - >http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/2/Lies-Damn-Lies-and-Are-LEED-Buildings-iLessi-Efficient-Than-Regular-Buildings > >or >http://tinyurl.com/5m4bpr > > >Mark Piepkorn > > >At 03:09 PM 9/25/2008, Jenifer Wightman wrote: > >Hey folks, > > > >so Henry Gifford gave a talk last night and has written a critique on > >LEED/Green building certification. thought it might interest. > >for the article he wrote which is a little redundant, go to > >www.henrygifford.com > > > >and scroll down to: > >Building Measuring Systems: My favorite way to rate the energy efficiency of > >buildings: > >By how much energy they actually use. Click Here for the > >article<http://www.energysavingscience.com/articles/henrysarticles/Buildi > ngRatingSystems.pdf?attredirects=0> > > > >Read the e-mail the US Green Building Council sent to each chapter leader > >in response to the revelation that LEED buildings use more energy than > >comparable buildings: Click Here for e-mail, with > >rebuttal<http://www.energysavingscience.com/documents/DearChapterLeaders. > pdf?attredirects=0> > >*** > > > >the second document is the USGBC answer to his article with Henry's rebuttal > >in red. > > > >amazing how there are 6 billion ways of seeing this single world. what is > >the path to global rationality through locally contextual logic? > >j > > > >_______________________________________________ >For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
