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LEED Certified Green Buildings: How to Get Started - the Right Way

Mon, May 09, 2011 @ 12:44 / by Janet Snyder posted in LEED Design, LEED Certified, Energy Savings

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In the last article, we mentioned that a LEED "Certified" or even a "Silver" rated building can be designed and built at minimal extra cost over a standard non-rated building.  Let’s look at how that can be accomplished.

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LEED - Designing Green Doesn't Have to Cost More

Fri, Apr 29, 2011 @ 02:49 / by Janet Snyder posted in Green, Energy Codes, LEED Guidelines, LEED 2009, USGBC, LEED, LEED Certification

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There is a common misconception that a "Green" or LEED®-certified building has to cost considerably more than a run-of-the-mill design that just meets minimum building and energy codes.  While this was true in the early days of the US Green Building Council (USBGC) LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Guidelines, it is no longer the case 10 years later.

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