Monday, July 11, 2011

Mis-LEED-ing


Day 070


Rendering by SOM
Is LEED really green?
How developers use a popular environmental certification program to sell projects and mislead the public - By Maggie Beidelman

The archangel of sustainable development has arrived, promising much needed city housing that will add to the “social fabric of the waterfront community” with its glamorous green rooftops and unheard-of bay views. This is going to be the greenest building of them all, or so we’ve been told, but the truth is a bit more complicated.



Pretty interesting and well argued from the cats at the SF Guardian


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