Green Worry, LEED or Not, Impact of Green Buildings, + Carbon Footprints [WIR]

By archives on Mar. 29, 2008 | Topics: LEED, News, Week in Review | 4 Comments

Green with worry.
LEED is Just Not Enough.
Developers expect benefits from LEED certification.
The impact of the green building movement.
Vegas finds gold in going green.
Is this the greenest city in the world?
Are we ready to track carbon footprints?

*WIR = Week in Review; a Saturday showcase of excellent links.

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http://www.charlesandhudson.com Charles & Hudson

Vegas is the least green city in the country so it would be great to see some changes there. It’s gotta come from one of the big developers making a stand and possibly embracing a boutique green hotel as opposed to a 3500 room behemoth.
- http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston
  
  But Nevada does have one of the most progress tax breaks for green projects of any state. They’re doing some green stuff, but it’s not renovation/rehab stuff (from what I’ve seen) … it’s more like the new $7b CityCenter Project.
http://www.charlesandhudson.com/ Charles and Hudson

Vegas is the least green city in the country so it would be great to see some changes there. It’s gotta come from one of the big developers making a stand and possibly embracing a boutique green hotel as opposed to a 3500 room behemoth.
http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

But Nevada does have one of the most progressive tax breaks for green projects of any state.

They’re doing some green stuff, but it’s not renovation/rehab stuff (from what I’ve seen) … it’s more like the new $7b CityCenter Project.

Green Worry, LEED or Not, Impact of Green Buildings, + Carbon Footprints [WIR]

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