How green is LEED anyway?

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How green is LEED anyway?

Between 2010 and 2012, the number of LEED-certified buildings worldwide has nearly doubled. Good green news, right? A new report from USA Today lays into that program — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — that’s taken the country by storm from San Francisco to New York to that bastion of sustainability (haha, jk), Las Vegas, where the massive, sparkling Palazzo Casino became LEED-certified in 2008. Tiger_Jack The massive, sparkling, LEED-certified Palazzo Resort Hotel and Casino lobby. The U.S. Green Building Council, a building industry non-profit, credited the Palazzo for having bike racks in the garage; room cards telling guests when towels are replaced; landscaping that does not use grass, which local law prohibits anyway; and preferred parking for fuel-efficient cars — spots that on a recent week were occupied by Ford Expeditions, Chevy Tahoes, Range Rover...

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@TheOther_MJ » 28 Oct '12, 11pm
Regionally Built Green Cert. is used more than LEED (latter is aimed at commercial bldg.--sometimes w/mixed results): [link]
@greenempress1 » 27 Oct '12, 4pm
How green is LEED anyway? [link] #green #environment #LEED @Dothegreenthing @GreenergyNews
@msbellows » 27 Oct '12, 4pm
@lyricdancer Ping! RT @grist: How green is LEED anyway? [link]
@ghanscom » 26 Oct '12, 8pm
In case you missed it: USA Today lays into LEED [link] Good sum-up from @grist's own @susie_c
@dsaccardi » 26 Oct '12, 6pm
MT @grist: How green is #LEED anyway? [link] @USGBC
@BeamsandStruts » 25 Oct '12, 5pm
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@mtsw » 25 Oct '12, 5pm
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@NicolasWelch » 25 Oct '12, 2pm
LEED is not strong or strict enough. Needs to evolve. [link]
@UndergroundEco » 25 Oct '12, 1pm
“@grist: How green is LEED anyway? [link]” Green is NOT good. A pretense.
@TerriChu » 25 Oct '12, 12pm
@marcusbgee Jay Cross touted LEED gold in answer to my Q abt sustainability. #greenwashing at its finest. [link]
@EdiblePrayers » 25 Oct '12, 12pm
Too Easy to be #Green? RT @grist: How green is #LEED anyway? [link] RE: @USATODAY #eco
@bgcallam » 25 Oct '12, 12pm
How green is LEED anyway? [link] ((maybe not so much))
@kristen_schmitt » 25 Oct '12, 12pm
Wow. RT @grist How green is LEED anyway? [link]
@waynemaw » 25 Oct '12, 12pm
Would love to see a similar study into breeam RT @grist: How green is LEED anyway? [link]
@garyglx5 » 25 Oct '12, 11am
Green washing via LEED certification. #GreatLakes [link]
@ChrisWhitePE » 25 Oct '12, 7am
How green is LEED anyway? [link] via @zite
@ThreePs » 25 Oct '12, 2am
RT @eco_biggs: Great article on the flaws of LEED [link]
@eco_biggs » 25 Oct '12, 2am
Great article on the flaws of LEED [link]
@MaggieBlogs » 25 Oct '12, 1am
[link] The problem: LEED promotes overconsumption by encouraging consumers 2 buy new things, build new sprawling homes @grist
@SharkDancing » 25 Oct '12, 1am
RT @grist "How green is Leed anyway [link] " Apparently not so much today. #Cdnpoli #P2
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@gristmill » 24 Oct '12, 11pm
How green is LEED anyway? A new report from USA Today says: Not so much. [link]
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How green is LEED anyway? [link]