Hey folks, so Henry Gifford gave a talk last night and has written a critique on LEED/Green building certification. thought it might interest. for the article he wrote which is a little redundant, go to www.henrygifford.com
and scroll down to: Building Measuring Systems: My favorite way to rate the energy efficiency of buildings: By how much energy they actually use. Click Here for the article<http://www.energysavingscience.com/articles/henrysarticles/BuildingRatingSystems.pdf?attredirects=0> Read the e-mail the US Green Building Council sent to each chapter leader in response to the revelation that LEED buildings use more energy than comparable buildings: Click Here for e-mail, with rebuttal<http://www.energysavingscience.com/documents/DearChapterLeaders.pdf?attredirects=0> *** the second document is the USGBC answer to his article with Henry's rebuttal in red. amazing how there are 6 billion ways of seeing this single world. what is the path to global rationality through locally contextual logic? j _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
