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Go Green! The Importance of LEED Building

Green LEED Building Green LEED building certification is becoming more prevalent in the building design and construction industry. Building owners and architects are continually looking at ways to save money while building the most energy efficient buildings possible. Achieving LEED certification is an investment in today's world. Go Green! The LEED program is a voluntary, third-party [...]

Holistic Design

One of the biggest complaints that I hear about green building is the cost of implementing green strategies.  There’s some pretty flawed logic in those complaints because our employees have worked for many years to prove over and over again that it doesn't cost to go green, it pays to go green.  The secret to [...]

Green Roofs; More than Pretty Landscapes

Purpose Having a vegetative green roof on a building is more than just a novelty and a landscape feature.  Green roofs are very effective tools that can be used to solve several different problems in a sustainable manor. So what does a green roof do exactly?  Aside from being a novelty for neighboring taller buildings [...]

The Value Of LEED & Green Building Certification

There’s a lot of talk these days about green buildings.  We sometimes hear people remark that their buildings have been built to “LEED Standards” but have not gone through the rigors of certification.  It usually makes me cringe when I hear it because all I can think about is the lost opportunity.  But why do [...]

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