Essays on USGBC

Part 1

The united states green building awards using a ranking method known as LEED, an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design to rank building in relation to how well they incorporate these standards into their building design. The LEED system is a useful benchmark in the architectural field by offering guidelines to the designers and builders of building on the guidelines and the levels of compliance they should strive to achieve. LEED measures projects compliance in attaining green building requirements such as reduced impact on the environment by buildings, efficient water use and recycling, and use of sustainable materials for ...

Sustainable Development Plan

Introduction Sustainable development plan is a preparation that guides a city to face present and future challenges. This plan includes seeking unique opportunities of the city and focusing on land use challenges in order to obtain a developed city and to produce a long-term resolution for environmental, social and economic challenges ahead. The recent devastation in New Orleans and the areas around it delivers the city as well as the region with a significant opportunity. The opportunity is rebuilding the communities in the city, in which their rich history will be promoted while making a new interpretation of a developed city of the 21st century. ...

Introduction

The development of technology created some possible solutions to the global warming such as sustainable energy sources (Jin et al, 2013). In addition, the modern architecture is also contributing to the care of the environment. The government and some organizations are now promoting the sustainable use of materials and designs in buildings and skyscrapers. It is often called the “green architecture” which refers to the evolution of architectural designs which are concerned with the awareness to the environment (Bhattacharya & Singh, 2013). Skyscraper sustainable designs are usually efficient in energy use and it values the factors that could remove the ...

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Please type your Institution name here LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a Green Building rating system for the construction of environmentally sustainable buildings. This was developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The inception of LEED happened in the year 1998 and has till date encompassed more than 14000 construction projects across the United States of America and has also been introduced in more than 30 countries across the globe. The rating system of LEED has been accredited both at a national and international level as the design standard for environmentally sustainable buildings- green buildings. ...

INTERNATIONAL RATING SYSTEMS

The systems for USGBC mandate higher and more rigorous efficiency percentages. There is a wide range of environmental and economic benefits that come from standards ratings and certifications ratings. USGBC concluded that the energy, carbon, water and waste can be reduced. The reductions can cause an increase in savings by more than 30%. The operations in green buildings can be reduced by approximately 8-9% and thus increasing the value of the property by about 8%. It has been proven that many buildings have had an increase in their investment by more than 3.5%. Other benefits that arise from the USGBC ...

A Global Leader in the Construction Field

I was born in Tokyo Japan and attended school there until age 17, when I came to the United States as an exchange student. After graduating from the Japanese High School, Kyoritsu, I attended Temple University to study and earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture. It’s through Temple’s rigorous curriculum when exploring ethical and social dimensions of architecture that my leadership interest peaked. Temple’s academic program develops an ethos of responsibility in its students and prepares us to “become effective leaders in practices and discourses surrounding the complex global and local issues of our time.” ...

- Efficient use of resources - Improved air and water quality to minimize solid waste - Beneficial to the owner, occupiers and the society LEED certified buildings are usually guided by well trained leaders with exclusive expertise on management of resources. These people are usually construction engineers. They are renowned to balance excellent use of resources and maintenance of quality buildings. Therefore, LEED is an efficient construction strategy. The other main aim for LEED is to ensure proper maintenance of the environment. It achieves this aim through extension of exclusive benefits of clean air and ...

Critical Review of the LEED-ND Rating System

Introduction Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development, simply called LEED-ND, is a rating system that inculcates the principles of green building, smart growth and urbanism into the first national system for neighborhood design. The LEED-ND has a certification program that allows independent-third parties to verify whether the location of a development and its design meet high levels of environmental responsibility and sustainable development. Although it is administered by the United States Green Building Council, LEED-ND is a collaboration of three organizations; namely, United States Green Building Council, Congress for New Urbanism and Natural Resources Defense Council. LEED-ND promises the ...

Clinton hill is located borough’s north-central portion. Borough is in Brooklyn in Newyork city. The neighborhood has since its inception in the 1840’s been inhabited by very wealthy people. The neighborhood had millionaire’s mansions lined in its streets of which most have survived since they were built in the 1880s. It has also one of the largest row houses. Clinton hill is also arts community due to the presence of Pratt Institute. The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) is a rating system that guides the design and construction of both new buildings and major renovations ...