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A view of the kitchen in the first LEED Platinum-certified passive house in Westchester, pictured Feb. 2, 2024. The Ossining home owned by Dan and Debra Colombini, offers a new model for ...
Washington, D.C., is the first LEED Platinum city in the world. [2] Pictured is 1225 Connecticut Avenue, the first redeveloped office building on the U.S. East Coast to receive LEED Platinum status. [3] Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification program used worldwide. [4]
It all depends where you allocate your money. The Ecohome Network successfully built Canada's first LEED Platinum V4 home, the Edelweiss House, in the harsh climate of Quebec for around the same cost as a code-built home - Canada Green Building Council President Thomas Mueller called [4] Ecohome's Edelweiss House "A phenomenal achievement".
It is Louisville's first commercial Platinum LEED certified building, and Kentucky's first Platinum LEED adaptive reuse structure. The building, designed by Los Angeles architecture firm (fer) studio, was awarded Platinum certification in 2010.
The house was the subject of a book, Green Home, by Wayne Grady. [ 2 ] Enermodal designed and occupied the first green office building in Canada in 1996: "Green on the Grand" in Kitchener, Ontario was a notable design submitted under the Canadian government's C2000 program that promoted green office buildings. [ 1 ]
Over the years, LEED has undergone many changes and is now currently in its fourth iteration, which was launched in late 2013. [26] Taipei 101, the tallest and largest LEED Platinum certified building in the world since 2011. LEED rating systems differ according to the type of the project. [27] The different types of rating systems fall under: [27]
The mixed-use modernist building, includes 500 luxury apartments and 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m 2) of retail space.Designated a "green" building by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), it is the first residential building in Connecticut to gain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum status and includes a rooftop garden and a pool as well as a corner "pocket park" that may ...
The LEED Green Building Rating System (LEED) is a program that provides third-party verification of green buildings. The LEED program rates commercial buildings, homes, neighborhoods, retail, healthcare, schools, including every phase of the respective building lifecycle, including design, construction, operations, and maintenance.