Topic: Brendan Owens

Do Green Building Standards Minimize Human Health Concerns?

Scientific American - 618 days ago
The standard - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED - is weighted more heavily toward energy conservation and not enough toward health protection, skewing green-design criteria, concluded Environmental and Human Health, Inc., a Connecticut-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting human health from environmental ...

Washington DC home to first "green" stadium in U.S.

Environmental News Network - 1417 days ago
The Washington Nationals' gleaming new baseball park that opens Sunday night will be the first green professional stadium in the United States, the U.S. Green Building Council said Friday.. The Nats' stadium received a LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental ...