L.E.E.D ND http://leednd.org Chronicling the Building of L.E.E.D. Neighborhoods Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:10:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Buy Carbon Offsets | HUD Will Use LEED-ND to Select Sustainable … http://leednd.org/buy-carbon-offsets-hud-will-use-leed-nd-to-select-sustainable/ http://leednd.org/buy-carbon-offsets-hud-will-use-leed-nd-to-select-sustainable/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:10:53 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=372 Carbon Footprint Calculator | Read the full post at The Dirt. At the Congress for New Urbanism, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it will use LEED for Neighborhood Development ( LEED-ND ) to rate the …

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]]> http://leednd.org/buy-carbon-offsets-hud-will-use-leed-nd-to-select-sustainable/feed/ 0 Environmental News Bits»Blog Archive » HUD Will Use LEED-ND to … http://leednd.org/environmental-news-bits%c2%bbblog-archive-%c2%bb-hud-will-use-leed-nd-to/ http://leednd.org/environmental-news-bits%c2%bbblog-archive-%c2%bb-hud-will-use-leed-nd-to/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:10:53 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=371 At the Congress for New Urbanism, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it will use LEED for Neighborhood Development ( LEED-ND ) to rate the “location efficiency” of community projects applying for its …

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]]> http://leednd.org/environmental-news-bits%c2%bbblog-archive-%c2%bb-hud-will-use-leed-nd-to/feed/ 0 DC area's LEED-ND projects, mapped | Blue Planet News http://leednd.org/dc-areas-leed-nd-projects-mapped-blue-planet-news/ http://leednd.org/dc-areas-leed-nd-projects-mapped-blue-planet-news/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:45:35 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=369 content% See the original post: DC area’s LEED-ND projects, mapped.

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]]> http://leednd.org/dc-areas-leed-nd-projects-mapped-blue-planet-news/feed/ 0 MFE: Multifamily Enters New Era of Green Building « The Huested … http://leednd.org/mfe-multifamily-enters-new-era-of-green-building-%c2%ab-the-huested/ http://leednd.org/mfe-multifamily-enters-new-era-of-green-building-%c2%ab-the-huested/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:49:40 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=368 Becker + Becker’s 360 State Street in New Haven, Conn.

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]]> http://leednd.org/mfe-multifamily-enters-new-era-of-green-building-%c2%ab-the-huested/feed/ 0 FireNetOnline | Security Mission – by professionals for … http://leednd.org/firenetonline-security-mission-by-professionals-for/ http://leednd.org/firenetonline-security-mission-by-professionals-for/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:58:38 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=366 “Using the ‘ LEED-ND ‘ green neighborhood rating system…it’s time that federal dollars stopped encouraging sprawl and started lowering the barriers to the kind of sustainable development our country needs and our communities want,” said …

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]]> http://leednd.org/firenetonline-security-mission-by-professionals-for/feed/ 0 North Carolina Construction News: Research firm sees dynamic green … http://leednd.org/north-carolina-construction-news-research-firm-sees-dynamic-green/ http://leednd.org/north-carolina-construction-news-research-firm-sees-dynamic-green/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:30:00 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=365 That fits in with what LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) is trying to attain with a standard that “encourages new urbanism, smart growth and higher density,” says Richard Taylor, principal with Richard Taylor Architects, Dublin, Ohio. …

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]]> http://leednd.org/north-carolina-construction-news-research-firm-sees-dynamic-green/feed/ 0 Multifamily Enters New Era of Green Building – Green Building … http://leednd.org/multifamily-enters-new-era-of-green-building-green-building/ http://leednd.org/multifamily-enters-new-era-of-green-building-green-building/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:15:48 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=370 Becker + Becker’s 360 State Street in New Haven, Conn. will be the first multifamily platinum-rated project plan to emerge from the LEED ND pilot program and site of the first large-scale residential fuel-cell installation. …

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]]> http://leednd.org/multifamily-enters-new-era-of-green-building-green-building/feed/ 0 HUD Will Use LEED-ND to Select Sustainable Community Grants « The Dirt http://leednd.org/hud-will-use-leed-nd-to-select-sustainable-community-grants-%c2%ab-the-dirt/ http://leednd.org/hud-will-use-leed-nd-to-select-sustainable-community-grants-%c2%ab-the-dirt/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:40:20 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=364 After a lengthy pilot phase, the LEED-ND rating system launched in April and is now used as a benchmark for green community development (see earlier post). LEED-ND can be used to “integrate green buildings into communities, …

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]]> http://leednd.org/hud-will-use-leed-nd-to-select-sustainable-community-grants-%c2%ab-the-dirt/feed/ 0 A Deeper Look at LEED-ND – Leed, Urban Development, Green … http://leednd.org/a-deeper-look-at-leed-nd-leed-urban-development-green/ http://leednd.org/a-deeper-look-at-leed-nd-leed-urban-development-green/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:00:00 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=367 Sophie Lambert, director, neighborhood development for USGBC, chats with Eco-Structure about the latest LEED rating system.

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]]> http://leednd.org/a-deeper-look-at-leed-nd-leed-urban-development-green/feed/ 0 LEED-Neighborhood Development (ND) Certification Expanded « LEED … http://leednd.org/leed-neighborhood-development-nd-certification-expanded-%c2%ab-leed/ http://leednd.org/leed-neighborhood-development-nd-certification-expanded-%c2%ab-leed/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:45:25 +0000 jonathan http://leednd.org/?p=362 Some outstanding features of the LEED-ND system include: Each project must have at least one certified green building; A project’s site must be contiguous property, but may include ”conclaves of non-conforming properties” that may be …

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