Comments on: Who is liable for green building performance?

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By: Mrs. LEED Certification

Mrs. LEED Certification — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:22:01 +0000

With building a LEED certified building, it should not only uphold the standards not only when it is being tested but also when for a lifetime. We would have to track and updated to ensure the LEED certificated building a truly energy efficient and also has sustainability. We want to remember that LEED certified buildings are and always will be beneficial to the environment.

By: Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter

Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:40:32 +0000

Geof Syphers does have the LEED AP designation (http://www.usgbc-rec.org/chapter-leadership).

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:18:17 +0000

Well, I think that the best way to go about it would be to advertise a set of green standards that will be reached in a proposed design. And educate the potential client on how those standards/modifications are capable of making this or that energy savings or tax credit possible. Not promising results, but promising a specific customization or design configuration.

For example, you might to build south-facing windows for maximum energy efficiency. But you don’t promise your client a lower heating bill.

If I go to the store and buy a low-calorie weight-watcher’s microwave meal, which advertises that it can help me lose weight, you won’t see me suing the manufacturer a month later because I didn’t lose 5 pounds. The meal itself was what it said it was – it had fewer calories and therefore was predicted to possibly help me lose weight. But it didn’t promise any specific result in terms of weight loss.

By: Lesley LEED AP

Lesley LEED AP — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:17:25 +0000

Mr. Sypher’s quote is very interesting. I wonder if he is a LEED AP. I would like to think that a trained LEED AP would have enough knowledge and competency to know whether or not a building that is designed in a particular fashion will function in said way. I think the new standard set forth by LEED is a smart one; if a building is designed to work in a certain way, it ought to function in that way. If it does not, its certification should be revoked.