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A Guide to the LEED v4 Energy Update

The upcoming LEED v4 Energy update, recently unveiled by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is on the horizon. Set to be implemented on March 1, 2024, this update brings forth significant changes aimed at elevating energy efficiency and reducing…
Olga Pleskatsevich
February 6, 2024
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Towards Healthy Buildings: WELL Building Standard and LEED

Fast fact: Many of us spend long hours indoors.  Sadly if it’s a particularly ill-built building, we could be breathing badly recirculated air, depriving ourselves of healthy natural daylight, exposing ourselves to whatever toxic chemicals that are off-gassing from the…
neoli
April 19, 2015
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Happy and Green: Green Building and Employee Productivity

The equation is simple: green buildings make for happy, healthy, and consequently, productive workers.  At least that’s the hope. When LEED v4 came out, it brought a more reinforced MR (Material + Resources) credit to the scene.  Its potent message…
neoli
February 25, 2015
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Product Disclosure and the Quest for Transparency

The exact number of McDonald’s French fries recently made the news, because apparently it’s more or less 19.  Whatever the true figure, it’s still a lot to use for what is essentially just fried potatoes.  Then it occurred to us…
neoli
January 26, 2015
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Green Data Centers in LEED v4

This week the Grainger Lake Forest Data Center in Illinois achieved Gold certification in LEED v4 BD+C (Building Design + Construction).  It’s the first ever facility to do so, particularly under the new Data Center sector of LEED v4 launched…
neoli
September 11, 2014
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On Material Transparency in LEED v4

  When LEED v4 became official last year, it finally ushered a new era of transparency for the green building community. It was about time—LEED was two decades old, and along with that maturity comes a more aggressive stance on…
neoli
January 16, 2014