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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)"”.
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Green vs. sustainable: analyzing and expanding LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design)
This dissertation investigates the possibility of including new socio-economic indicators in green building rating systems in order to promote innovative practices in the building planning, design, construction and operations by introducing a broader definition of sustainability in the building …
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Visual Quality Integerated Cost Model For Developing Green Neighborhoods: An Optimization Approach
One of the greatest potentials for enhancing the economic return and the sustainability of neighborhood developments is the visual quality. This is determined mainly by the maximizing the access to favorable views and minimizing the visual impact values. Furthermore, improving the visual quality …
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Strategic planning for LEED certification
Intel Corporation has recently implemented a "green building" policy, which states that Intel will design all new facilities to achieve a minimum LEED-Silver certification. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary, consensus-driven rating system used to distinguish high …
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Techos verdes. Características de una práctica en desarrollo. Caso: ciudad autónoma de buenos aires. Período (2010-2020)
El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como finalidad indagar cómo se desarrolló la práctica constructiva de techos verdes en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires – CABA, durante el periodo 2010 – 2020, describiendo sus características, los motivos movilizadores de este desarrollo, así como la …
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Investigating Gentrification and the Role of Green Infrastructure
Increased human-centric requirements could turn the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program (LEED) into a sustainable development tool for cities through mitigation of gentrification. Green building rating systems, like LEED, were designed with environmental sustainability in mind. …
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The Next Generation of Residential Construction: Adoption of Green Building Programs, Environmentally Certified Wood Products and the Transparency of Environmental Friendliness
The downturn in the housing market, in 2006, created a need to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the residential construction industry to learn what drivers will influence the next generation of homebuilding. As the housing market continues its recovery, we must seek to understand the real …