Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
This is the final installment of three parts that I have been writing on the new LEED for Neighborhood Development standards, which are open for public comment until June 14. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. Today I am...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
As I wrote yesterday, the LEED for Neighborhood Development partnership (US Green Building Council, Congress for the New Urbanism, and NRDC, representing the smart growth community) has published a fully revised set of standards for public comment. Comments will be...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I've now been working on LEED for Neighborhood Development for seven years. That's longer than anyone else who is currently involved, though architect Doug Farr has been in our merry band for almost as long. NRDC has been a sponsor...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Every time I hear R.E.M.'s catchy hit single from the 1980s, "Don't Go Back to Rockville," the visual images that crop up could hardly be worse. The song refers to Rockville, Maryland, along with Tysons Corner one of the DC...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Writing for PreservationNation, Barbara Campagna provides an excellent summary of LEED for Neighborhood Development and the new standards that we just published for public comment: "LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) is in some respects as different from LEED 2009 as it...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
Today I am able to treat you to another guest post by my colleague Rachel Sohmer, who hits it out of the park: I grew up in a typical subdivision of detached single-family homes built in the 60s, where...continued→
