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Green Building 101

Posted by David Roberts at 2:49 PM on 29 Jun 2006

Yesterday, Inhabitat started a weekly series for the summer called Green Building 101. The series is focused mainly on LEED-H, the (developing) green standards for homes. It also mentions LEED-ND, the (developing) green standards for neighborhoods, which I'm super jazzed about. The series will walk through the basics of building or renovating a home for maximum eco-friendliness. Should be cool.

Check out the first installment, about choosing an eco-friendly site.

Laurence Aurbach

It's a good article, especially the point about having a home with all the green bells and whistles but being long drive away from shops, work and civic buildings.

The article says, "Anyone purchasing a home or business in these [LEED-ND] developments will have already achieved the previous criteria," but that's not true for #2 (infill). LEED-ND will certify greenfield developments as well as infill.

LEED-ND is an order of magnitude more complex than previous LEED standards and there will be a shakeout period of testing, feedback and calibration before some of the details are ironed out in a satisfactory way.

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