Green building

ABOUT LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a certification system contrived by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design. Beginning with its launch in 2000, LEED has grown from one rating system for new construction to a comprehensive system of nine interrelated rating systems covering all aspects of the development and construction process, which…

Cir. Ct. 2007)”. Specifically determining roles and duties for each project team member in the project contracts is extremely necessary to successful green-building-project delivery. If there are ambiguities as for varied services or work, problems will instantaneously occur. Facts and Issues. This is one of the first lawsuits related to green construction in the United States. In this case, Shaw Development as the owner, appointed Southern Builders Inc. as the contractor, to construct a $7.5…

I recently read Building a Better Teacher by Elizabeth Green. Green’s main argument is that no one is born a teacher; teaching is an acquired skill similar to the skills developed by doctors, plumbers, and athletes. Teaching requires training, feedback, and constant revision. I not only agree with her position, I also believe it is the foundation of what a teacher preparation program should offer. The Master’s program at UW is best situated to provide me that opportunity. Both by reputation and…

business model for green construction, environmental impacts vs. social consideration, obstacles for sustainable construction, and green material successfulness. Based on research findings, sustainable construction has many positive outcomes;…

SUMMARY/PRECIS Professor Ronald Green of Dartmouth University, in his article, Building Baby from Genes Up, addresses the topic of whether or not genetic engineering is a viable technological advancement for our society to pursue and argues that although there are many potential drawbacks, the overall benefits of genetic engineering outweigh its downfalls. He supports this claim by addressing the variety of benefits that genetic engineering can offer, then by categorically refuting…

There are some major lessons that can be drawn from vernacular responses for contemporary societal challenges. Vernacular architecture is a style of building that is created without the use of an architect; it is architecture in its simplest form, concentrating only on the human necessity. Vernacular architecture began when people had to make use of the environment around them, in order to afford themselves protection and comfort as a response to a changing climate. It is a simple approach to a…

corporate CEO and maximize a return on investment towards a new structure. In addition to creating an innovative structure, our design directors believe that our projects should be both aesthetically and elegantly pleasing to all residing within the building. As a design director, they are responsible for the concept design and project development. Secondly, our studio directors implement and oversee the construction and promote efficient staff utilization. They are also responsible for…

the united states city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several residences are built by celebrated architects nearby Vanna Venturi House. The building is surrounded by crabapple trees, which creates a peaceful and graceful environment. The house was colored to pale green to blend in the wonderful surroundings. There is a widely main street in front of the building, which can directly lead to the square of the little town. Vanna Venturi house is full of complexity and contradiction. This feather…

the stylobate. The portico’s interior consists of a molded trim doorframe that contains a green painted half glass and one-panel wooden door. The three windows of Ash Lawn-Highland’s façade are six-over-six double-hung sash windows assembled upon wooden-clad walls. The window’s interior frames consist of hand-blown glass and molded trim. On each side of the double-sash windows, are green painted louvered wooden shutters. Flanking the pediment on the west wing of the…

resistant to heat and chemical erosions and it also has a very good tensile strength. As it is usually mixed with other materials to use, so it is very hard to recognize. But if you are working in a building made before 1990, some parts of it would contain asbestos. Asbestos was used widely in building materials such as to make fireproofing on walls and ceilings, floor tiles, cement pipes, cement boards and a lot more. Individual asbestos fibers are too small that they are not visible to the…