Tag Archive for ‘LEED’
Licensed Professional Exemptions for LEED2009 – Relief or Worry?
The “Licensed Professional Exemption”, as termed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is a surprising feature (but surprisingly not well documented) of the newly updated 2009 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED 2009) Green Building Rating Systems.
According to the USGBC Website: “The Licensed Professional Exemption (LPE) is an optional credit documentation path in [...]
Funkaar Studio’s ARE Ready Fast Course coming to Denver!
Elicia Ratajczyk of the EV Studio Evergreen office has been competitively selected for the TA position for the upcoming “ARE Ready Fast!” course being offered in Denver by Funkaar Studios with the help of the Colorado Chapter of the AIA!
Funkaar Studios offers classes for the Architectural Registration Exams (ARE) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental [...]
Building Stone Institute’s Designer Education Series – Stone Installation
The Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute is teaming up with the Building Stone Institute to offer a one-day seminar on natural stone. The program offers architects with 2.5 AIA Sustainable Design credits, on top of 5 AIA HSW credits. The class includes Adhered Natural Stone, Green/Sustainable Design and the new International Green Construction Code, care and [...]
What is a LEED Certified Home?
This article was provided by Vince Kenney and published recently in Serenity Magazine:
What is a LEED Certified Home?
The increasingly well-known acronym LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. This third-party certification program run by US Green Building Council ensures high performance and construction of buildings considered sustainable.
LEED-certified homes, also known as “green” homes, have [...]
Rainwater Harvesting Pilot Study in Colorado – HB 1129
With some minor exceptions, rainwater harvesting is not allowed under Colorado Water Law. This is because of our system of “first in time, first in rights” allocation of water. It is generally understood that all of the water that falls in Colorado is already owned by someone downstream.
That notion has been questioned.
In 2009 House Bill [...]
Colorado Water Rights and Temporary Detention of Direct Flow Rights
I recently wrote about Senate Bill 09-080 which allows rainwater harvesting for those on residential property who only have access to water through well. John Olson of EVstudio raised a great question about a 72 hour law in “which rainwater can be captured and dispersed as long as the water is not contained for 72 [...]
Construction Material – Aerated Autoclaved Concrete
Aerated Autoclaved Concrete, or AAC is a building material that has been around since 1914, mainly in Europe, and available in the United States since the mid 1990s. It is, as the name implies, a masonry product and it consists of aggregate that is no larger than sand.
As a building material it is suitable for [...]
Three Critical Changes to LEED
The latest version of LEED has some nice improvements such as:
Consistency – Now credits and prerequisites are consistent through all of the rating systems for LEED 2009
Credit Weightings – This major improvement addresses the concern that many had where adding a bike rack was just as important as a basic level of HVAC efficiency. Now [...]
The Six Components of Successful Daylighting Part III
Presented today are the last two components of successful daylighting:
Integrate the daylighting scheme into the architecture
Integrate the daylighting scheme with building systems
These final two points remind us that architecture is synergistic, that is it becomes more than the sum of its parts. They tie [...]
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