Comments on Tony's Building Energy Performance Blog: Which Green Certification System?

Great article, Tony. Thanks for shedding some lig...

2008-10-03T15:32:00.000-04:00

Great article, Tony. Thanks for shedding some light on the various options which are available to those seeking to go green today. The Green Building Initiative (GBI) regularly hears these types of concerns and I think it’s safe to say we are all in agreement about the importance of reducing energy consumption. Additionally, at the GBI we believe that the continued environmental performance of

I venture to suggest that a single brand that acco...

2008-09-30T16:53:00.000-04:00

I venture to suggest that a single brand that accommodates both differing project types, and varying grades of performance is capable of dominating the market.
The public wants confidence that they are comparing apples to apples or oranges to oranges, and currently LEED is the only system that does this. The USGBC also provides positive brand recognition.
I admit that I am not familiar

I question the integrity of the Green Globes syste...

2008-09-30T15:36:00.000-04:00

I question the integrity of the Green Globes system, knowing that the Green Building Initiative (parent organization of Green Globes)was funded by the vinyl industry only after the USGBC/LEED took a position on vinyl products that was interpreted negatively by the same industry. Green Globes is also a "rate yourself" system, with no independent third party verification. LEED certification

BREEAM is also used in the UK. Neither LEED nor Gr...

2008-09-30T15:02:00.000-04:00

BREEAM is also used in the UK. Neither LEED nor Green Globes is a standard. They are both rating systems. It is hard to say one is better than the other as both have their pros and cons. It seems to me, being in the building industry, that LEED has dominated the market. There are other criteria that promote green building like Energy Star, ASHRAE 189.1 (is that the right number?)....there are