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LEED On Its Way Out?

Posted by: Alek Miller

10 October 2009 - 5:00am

As part of GOOD's Top 100 Ideas of 2009, author Jacob Gordon celebrates the fact that other standards of efficiency are gaining traction abroad and in the US.

"But LEED’s big weakness is that all of its measurements happen on the computer screen before the first bulldozer arrives. According to the USGBC’s best calculations, LEED buildings use 25 to 30 percent less energy—while more critical calculations show them as no more efficient, or in some cases worse, than their non-LEED counterparts.

Because LEED buildings don’t have to perform up to spec in real life, LEED has contributed to a trend of showboating and point scrounging, leaving energy efficiency—arguably the most important metric—lost in the shuffle."

Full Story: The GOOD 100: Ending LEED's Monopoly
Source: Good, October 7, 2009
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LEED Buildings

Submitted by Ken Firestone on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 09:39.

And then there is the problem of all the LEED buildings that cause an increase in vehicle miles traveled because of where they are located.

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