http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/03/12/usgbcs-leed-green-building-program-use-falls/ New home news and updates about Chicago Real Estate Sat, 19 May 2012 23:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/03/12/usgbcs-leed-green-building-program-use-falls/comment-page-1/#comment-2501 Pat Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:18:56 +0000 http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=3178#comment-2501 Fortunately the marketplace is discovering all of the LEED program drawbacks. It is a private special interest group program, with built-in conflicts of interest, high costs, not code approved by ANSI or ICC and difficult to use. Along with the fact that it is being challenged by the legal community for some of these conflicts and used by some municipalities that are required by law to only use a code approved green building program. This is what happens in America when someone else comes along and creates a better product and the originator can't adapt. Fortunately the marketplace is discovering all of the LEED program drawbacks. It is a private special interest group program, with built-in conflicts of interest, high costs, not code approved by ANSI or ICC and difficult to use. Along with the fact that it is being challenged by the legal community for some of these conflicts and used by some municipalities that are required by law to only use a code approved green building program. This is what happens in America when someone else comes along and creates a better product and the originator can’t adapt.

]]> http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2010/03/12/usgbcs-leed-green-building-program-use-falls/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 Jason Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:35:23 +0000 http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=3178#comment-2433 Interestingly, the report really focuses on commercial green building and all references to LEED (costs, documentation, commissioning, etc) were to the commercial rating system. The residential version of LEED is significantly different in the technicalities, and is less expensive. For a typical $300,000 single-family home, LEED certification is less than 1% of costs. In the first quarter of 2010, local adoption in the Chicagoland are is growing at +200%. Interestingly, the report really focuses on commercial green building and all references to LEED (costs, documentation, commissioning, etc) were to the commercial rating system. The residential version of LEED is significantly different in the technicalities, and is less expensive. For a typical $300,000 single-family home, LEED certification is less than 1% of costs. In the first quarter of 2010, local adoption in the Chicagoland are is growing at +200%.

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