What is “LEED® Equivalent?”

There sure are a LOT of clients, municipal, and provincial governments pouncing on the LEED bandwagon, and requiring things like “LEED Silver or Gold Equivalent” building performance as part of re-zoning, development and building permits. So what exactly is “LEED Equivalent”?

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The LEED Energy Modelling Controversy: What’s the baseline?!

By now, many of you in the green building industry have heard about the class action lawsuit against the US Green Building Council brought through Henry Gifford, a New York based building energy efficiency specialist.  The essence of the suit is that the LEED® program claims to result in... Read more