Scott Reed has joined Stantec as principal in its healthcare buildings team in Los Angeles, California. Reed joins the firm’s growing LA office to provide leadership and focus on delivering innovative solutions to healthcare clients in the Southern California market. Read More …
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Mechanics of LEED: Combining holistic design desires + MEP design requirements
Good hospital design and the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design performance rating system didn’t always go hand-in-hand. Today, they finally do. When there’s a holistic design approach that marries the hospital’s architectural desires with MEP design requirements, LEED certification is possible. Read More …
If a building is designed to LEED energy principles, but isn’t operated that way, is it still sustainable?
Schrödinger’s cat is a famous thought experiment that asks scientists to imagine a cat in a box. Also in the box is a bottle of poison rigged to shatter when a radioactive element reaches a certain level of decay. Without opening the box, it’s impossible to know whether the cat is alive or dead. In quantum mechanics, this is used to conceive of a scenario where the cat is somehow both alive AND dead.
USGBC Announces all LEED-Certified Green Buildings Eligible for LEED Recertification
CHICAGO, Ill. – The U.S. Green Building Council announced that it will begin offering LEED recertification for all LEED-certified projects. To be eligible for certification, projects must submit 12 months of data demonstrating continued or improved performance. Once recertified, projects will meet the standards of the newest version of the LEED rating system available. Read More …
