Articles by tag: LEED
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its top 10 states for LEED-certified buildings, and Massachusetts was coming in at number one for 2022.The top 10 LEED States include: Massachusetts, 3.76 certified gross square footage per capita and 96 green building projects Illinois, 3.48 certified gross square footage and 91 projects New York, 3.17 certified…
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Architecture & Design
Reintroducing Common Sense for Sustainability and Resiliency
Sustainability, transparency, wellness and resiliency are the pillars of the green building world. Host Daniel Huard, the Godfather of Sustainability, collaborates with the experts around the world focusing on green design. In talking about the pillars of green building, it’s possible to look to the past and future. Ancient cities show signs of sustainability,…
Architecture & Design
Translating Vision into Sustainable Action
Ramie Vagal, Senior Sustainability Manager at Mohawk Industries, joined Build for Impact host, Daniel Huard, for a discussion on sustainability, equity, material transparency, and wellness. Vagal also serves as a member of the LEED Materials and Resources Technology Advisory Group. “I think any organization should not look at sustainability from just one aspect,”…
Architecture & Design
Why Equity is a Hidden Component of Resiliency
On this episode of Build for Impact, host and LEED architect Daniel Huard is joined by another LEED Fellow and award-winning architect, Eric Corey Freed. Freed serves as the Senior Vice President, Sustainability for CannonDesign, a global architecture, engineering and design firm aimed at designing to “help organizations improve human life” through Living-Centered Design,…
Architecture & Design
How to Approach Design with Public Health in Mind: Build for Impact
The International WELL Building Institute has released its newly-developed WELL Health-Safety Rating building certification. Build for Impact host, LEED fellow, and WELL faculty member, Daniel Huard, addressed this hot topic in the Build for Impact podcast. Huard posed the questions, “Why is this rating important? Why does it matter now?” and took a deeper dive…
AEC
How We Made Manufacturing More Environmentally Friendly
It is one thing for a company to be an innovator with the products it is developing, but it is another thing to be an innovator and trendsetter in sustainability. Clarus is a company that has strived for and excelled in both. On today’s episode of Glass is in Session, we sat back down…