Henry's great. Here's an article about his critique, followed by a ton of great discussion - http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/2/Lies-Damn-Lies-and-Are-LEED-Buildings-iLessi-Efficient-Than-Regular-Buildings
or http://tinyurl.com/5m4bpr Mark Piepkorn At 03:09 PM 9/25/2008, Jenifer Wightman wrote: >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
