Yale+Carbon+Neutral+Building

Please read [|the article here], and then go to the Discussion link for this page (above), and comment on the article and other's responses to it.

3.17 Great comments so far - but I'd like to hear from the rest of you. Please feel free to respond to an earlier comment, in the spirit of discussion, rather than having to come up with a raw reflection on the article.

It's interesting to note that Bill Reed, the co-developer of the LEED system, is now one of its most trenchant critics. In an article [|here] it says:

According to leading biomimetic thinker Bill Reed (who co-chaired the development of LEED standards from the outset), we could "have a world full of LEED platinum buildings and still destroy the planet." These greener designs, though progressive, often stick too close to the existing standard in a way that is simply "less bad."

More on Bill Reed, and the amazing sustainable design/consultation firm he is part of, [[http://www.regenesisgroup.com/WhoWeAre/BillReed|here.

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