How do green building teams get high-performance results?

I’ve been doing a lot of research lately on how project teams are delivering high-performance projects, those that save 30% or more energy against the ASHRAE 2004 standard, with lots of daylighting and other green features. Consider that LEED-Platinum projects, currently the highest attainment in green building, represent less than five percent of all LEED-certified projects in the U.S., and you’ll see that there’s a lot of projects that don’t get to the very highest levels. Here are a few lessons learned:

  1. 1. It’s not easy doing it within budget.
  2. 2. It probably won’t happen the first time.
  3. 3. It takes a village to raise a building.
  4. 4. Building is a team sport; the owner’s active leadership is critical.
  5. 5. LEED is the best roadmap we have for sustainable building.

Click here to see my full report (PDF).






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