Recently, during the ongoing discussion with regard to LEED and the GSA, the American Chemical Council (ACC) issued a document that made arguments against the LEED rating system by making claims that LEED redlined certain chemicals, would hurt energy efficiency and that using the LEED system would cost jobs in the chemical industry. Well, it […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) is evaluating the continued use of LEED as its mandated green building construction evaluation system. Since its adoption, and since the USGBC has been working on a more stringent version of LEED for 2012 other interests have been complaining about the GSA’s preferential use of LEED versus other “green” building […]
Recently New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection announced that it intends to remove a landscape art structure from the courtyard of its State Street headquarters in Trenton, NJ. Athena Tacha’s Green Acres sculpture was put in place when the building was completed after a competition among landscape architects. This is a tough call. I have […]
Hearings are being held on the revised energy master plan, SRECS and the future of energy in New Jersey. As is the usual case in these hearings, it was reported that several groups had comments; opinions and suggestions with regard to their individual interests. I had the pleasure of speaking with several speakers after the […]
On July 28, 2011, the New York Times published a detailed article entitled “Japanese, in Shortage, Willingly Ration Watts.” As a result of the power crisis caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident and earthquake, Japan faces a real energy shortage. Rather than complain (I know, it is a different culture) the country is working to […]