The Survey, Commentary, Letters

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Leading with LEED

Sustainability is all the talk these days. Last month we discussed the 150 projects selected for the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES). This month we turn to another aspect of sustainability, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED).

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LEED, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, identifies practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. LEED was the impetuous for SITES, turning the focus from sustainable buildings to sustainable landscapes.

Not everyone, however, is jumping on the LEED band wagon.

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, whose works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, recently had some interesting comments published about LEED and ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Gehry explained he is not opposed to LEED, but that LEED was only one among many ways to encourage green design. Gehry noted many of his clients don?EUR??,,????'?????<

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