RealLifeLEED just stumbled upon an excellent summary of what could be the first LEED-related lawsuit at gbNYC. Let the frenzy begin! There are a few really scary issues involved, and unfortunately (or perhaps it’s a good thing) it appears as though the case has settled out of court, so there’s no ruling [...]
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RealLifeLEED learned the hard way (from people I’m supposedly teaching about the LEED AP exam) that the USGBC has added another prescriptive compliance path for EAc1, Optimize Energy Performance, that can earn 2-5 points, thus allowing you to comply with the relatively new 2 point prerequisite initiated in June 2007.M
The Basics
If your project isn’t a [...]
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Those of you working on LEED-Schools projects may have noticed the incredibly vague referenced standard for all VOC levels in EQc4: California Department of Health Services’ Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions From Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers including 2004 Addenda.
Don’t Bother Reading This
All you want is a concise table with [...]
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As you may have guessed from the glaring caveat in the title, RealLifeLEED is waaaay too cheap to hand out legit reference guides for free, and I’m not yet ballsy enough to do it the illegal way either. What I’m writing about today is the fact that those who purchased old reference guides (NCv2.2 [...]
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A warning… The following post is about a long list of “How many ____ does it take to change a light bulb” jokes created by Tristan Korthals Altes of BuildingGreen… Unless you’re REALLY into the green construction industry and all the people associated with it, you’re probably going to hate me for sending you to [...]
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I ♥ Online CommunitiesBelieve it or not, there are times (read: most of the time) RealLifeLEED has a question he needs help with and can’t find an answer. As a general rule, that’s when I fish the question out to the internet at large. Between AREForums’ LEED section, 4specs.com’s Sustainable Design Topics Section, and to [...]
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My local USGBC South Carolina Chapter has put together a some money (thanks in no small part to USGBC national’s Chapter Challenge Grant program) to hire a much needed executive director:
Executive Director/Chapter Management Services
Contract Award: $30,000 – $40,000Contract Term: One YearReports to: USGBC-SC Chapter Board of DirectorsPosting Date: August 8, 2008Closing Date: September 5, 2008
The [...]
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Just received a design review back from the USGBC… this time no humble pie… at least so far! It took 3 months and 6 days from the time we submitted to the time we received the initial comments from USGBC. You may have seen this press release from the USGBC about how they [...]
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Real Life LEED is all about the practicing professional, but I can’t help but notice how many of you reach the site via “LEED exam” searches and send me emails asking advice. All you future AP’s listen up cause I’m only going to say this once! The rest of you die hard current AP’s [...]
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