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Building Materials and LEED®
Ben Licari
Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 5:26 pm
Building Materials and LEED® By Ben Licari, LEED® AP, and Keith Severson, LEED® AP All of us have heard about “Green Building”; it may be the biggest buzzword to hit the building industry since “subdivision.” What does it really mean to you, to your customers, and to the environment? Why do we bother with all [...]
Fossil Provides Center Piece for a Carmel Home
Ben Licari
Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 2:14 pm
Gar Fish Fossil (Lepisoteus simplex) from the Eocene Epoch, approximately 50 million years old Customer Delights at Discovery Graniterock sells hundreds of different natural stones from all points of the globe. Most of the natural stone comes from the United States and some of the stone is clearly sourced from very specific locations. As with [...]
Green Building Programs Compared Post IV
Ben Licari
Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 1:56 pm
This is the fourth in a series of posts summarizing the various green building programs currently in use. Earlier posts summarized LEED®, Build It Green, and StepUp2Green. CALGreen Overview: As of January 2011, all California land use authorities must adopt the new California Green Building Standard (CALGreen). CALGreen was adopted into the California Code of [...]
Green Building Programs Compared Post III
Ben Licari
Monday, October 18, 2010, 8:47 am
This is the third in a series of posts summarizing the various green building programs currently in use. Earlier posts summarized LEED® and Build It Green. Today’s post addresses StepUp2Green. Later this week, we’ll take a look at CalGreen. StepUp2Green Overview: StepUp2Green is an incentive-based program, designed to encourage environmentally-conscious choices in home remodeling projects. [...]
Green Building Programs Compared Post II
Ben Licari
Thursday, October 14, 2010, 3:56 pm
This is the second in a series of posts summarizing the various green building programs currently in use. We started our series with a summary of LEED®. Today’s post addresses Build It Green. Later, we’ll be taking a look at StepUp2Green, and CalGreen. Build it Green Overview: Build It Green is a membership-supported non-profit organization [...]
Green Building Programs Compared
Ben Licari
Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 1:12 pm
Over the next several posts, we’ll be running a series of posts summarizing the various green building programs currently in use. Today we start our series with LEED®. Later this week, we’ll be taking a look at Build It Green, StepUp2Green, and CalGreen. LEED® Overview: LEED® is acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. [...]
