Green Theme: LEED Certified

Green Theme: LEED Certified

Keeping with our “green” theme this month, let’s talk about LEED certification!

Our Boss-Man himself is LEED certified. What does that mean, you ask? Well let me tell you.

LEED, or Leadship in Energy and Environmental Design, is an internationally recognized green building certification system and the most popular used worldwide. To learn about the history of LEED click here.

This certification is able to used on almost all building types and aims to create healthy, very efficient and cost saving buildings. If this something that interests you or what you want to incorporate in your work check out the links below for more information:

USGBC

Poplarnetwork

Examples of Projects

While you can look up projects on the website, DWELL and Inhabitat have done an article spotlighting some beautifully done LEED certified homes. Check out some of the project photos below!

Architect: Soheil Nakhshab Location: San Diego, California
Architect: Studio Schicketanz Location: Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Architect: Feldman Architecture Location: Santa Lucia Perserve, California
Architect: Maienza Wilson Interior Design and Architecture Location: Montecito, California
Architect: Gabriel Browne of Praxis Design Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Fun Facts

Working in Southern California, and being LEED certified brings up the question.. How many projects are LEED certified? Since our firm focuses mainly on residential projects, our question is more geared to single family homes. So let’s see what the data says.

The information is shown by state, so the information shown is for California. We can see in the Project Type section that is has single family attached and detached homes. Let’s hover over and see the amount for Single Family Detached homes.

Looks like for single family detached homes there aren’t that many LEED, but from the charts it looks like the number in increasing.

If LEED projects is something you are interested in then definitely check it out and help the number grow! Let us know your favorite projects or what you think about LEED!

Bianca Rodriguez
bianca@haynearchitects.com
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