November 25, 2008
As part of a Planet Green TV series, Dave Gottfried explains how his home in Oakland achieved LEED Platinum status from the USGBC. 
It is a very impressive undertaking and he explains most of the measures he undertook to achieve the green measures as well as some products that should be further researched.
Here is the intro
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November 20, 2008
David (founder of USGBC) and Sara Gottfried’s recent restoration of a 1915 home marked the highest scoring home renovation since the launch of the LEED for Homes Green Building Rating System in January 2008. A press release reveals that the home received 106.5 of a possible 136 points, thus obtaining a Platinum rating. Other things this press release point out are the home’s:
- Size – At 1500 square feet, the home is half the size of the family’s previous home, thus reducing their footprint More
November 20, 2008
Check out our new section: “Featured Weekly.” This section will feature new cutting-edge products and techniques in green building. This week’s product: EcoRock.
November 18, 2008
LEED’s Neighborhood Pattern and Design, Compact Development, intends to “Conserve land. Promote community livability, transportation efficiency, and walkability,” and while it sounds ideal in theory it has caused some stir. On Green Life Smart Life, the author points out how LEED penalizes the size of everything and highlights a point system used by LEED for single-family homes: More
November 18, 2008
McGraw-Hill Construction projected at the beginning of 2008 that in this year alone the residential green building market will have annual sales between $12 billion and $16 billion, accounting for between 6% and 10% of of the overall home building market. They also expect the green building market to double by 2012. Alex Veiga writes for the Associated Press and highlights this shift in a recent article. More
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