New York Times Behind the Times on LEED
Posted under Design & Architecture, LEED, design, green buidling, new york times.
You can get your LEED plaque in any number of different materials, but whatever kind you put up, it won’t guarantee that the New York Times will understand what it means. They do an “exposé” about LEED, noting that quite a few LEED buildings are not energy efficient enough to qualify for Energy Star certification.
But the Times distorts it two ways.
1. LEED is evolving. Even the Times admits that the Federal Building in Youngstown, that it criticizes for not scoring high enough to get Energy Star certification, would not qualify for LEED under today’s standards. So why lead off …Read the full story on TreeHugger
