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In the past I railed against aspects of LEED in the shadows. This article frees me to speak about it in the LIGHT (a LED LIGHT). Here is an excerpt.

“Finally, you are fairly critical of LEED, saying there are too many LEED platinum buildings in the middle of nowhere that people then need to drive to – this is the result of “LEED brain,” a myopic focus on prerequisities and credits. How would you like to see LEED, LEED-Neighborhood Development (ND), Sustainable Sites Initiative, and other important rating systems, evolve? Do they need to incorporate population density differently?”

Link to whole article here FROM ASLA DIRT

Will sent me this link. The emphasis on Green should be tied to Greed. Why, “conservation” is the key not just a small carbon foot print.

San Francisco’s Green Building Nightmare

Will sent this to me today.�

Hello Armen:� SRI results have arrived and all colors tested passed except Charley Brown:�Early Gray, Natural Gray, Bone, Old California, Buff, Caqui, Gold, Ocean Green,

�This means we have more colors that can meet LEED SS Credit 7.1 (heat island non-roof) and SS Credit 7.2 (heat island roof)�SS Credit 7.1Provide any combination of the following strategies for 50% of the site hardscape (includingroads, sidewalks, courtyards and parking lots):? Shade (within 5 years of occupancy)? Paving materials with a Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) of at least 29�

SS Credit 7.2 Use roofing materials having a Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)3 equal to or greater than the valuesin the table below for a minimum of 75% of the roof surface.Roof Type Slope SRILow-Sloped Roof ? 2:12 78 (colors do not meet this requirement)Steep-Sloped Roof > 2:12 29 (colors meet this requirement)� Please let me know if any question or if you need copies of the test results.�Best regards,�

William

wlove@artobrick.com

Well…I did it >�I went to Green Building Resource Center. I heard about them at ALT BUILD 2007, Tim from the EpiCenter invited me into their booth. Any-case that was back in May and now it is December well it feels like it is almost the end of the year. > To point> I had plenty of preconceived notions that I had created in my Ivy Tower of their Ivy Tower (definition I am using: intellectual isolation). At this point I should list my preconceived notions but I will not if you are interested send me a note. I spoke to a woman named Monica and we discussed issues that I thought only I thought about.

1) What is a green product>

2) Why higher priced items help attain LEED points>

I look forward visiting them again learning about the process in which they recommend for no charge to vendor or consumer what products can help the home owner or specifier.

Will and I went Friday (the 31st).

Different Venue, went from Santa Monica Civic to Barker Hanger . I like the old venue, it add a bit of style to the event. Barker is a great space but just a micro convention center.

Content: Okay. I went looking for alternative building materials and did not find much. It is a place to find Modern / Contemporary designs. Which I would like to live but does not bedazzle me.

The picture my daugther created a scene using geometric shapes. That was the show.