Comments on: Go Green or Go Home! http://constructionlawva.com/go-green-or-go-home/ Thoughts on the construction landscape from Christopher G. Hill, Virginia construction lawyer, LEED AP and member of the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:24:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher G. Hill http://constructionlawva.com/go-green-or-go-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3698 Christopher G. Hill Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:04:41 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2008/12/go-green-or-go-home/#comment-3698 Thanks for the thoughtful post. I sympathize with these issues and hope that the sustainability movement moves toward actual usability as well as LEED. Thanks for the thoughtful post. I sympathize with these issues and hope that the sustainability movement moves toward actual usability as well as LEED.
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]]> By: John Caligaris http://constructionlawva.com/go-green-or-go-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3697 John Caligaris Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:37:44 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2008/12/go-green-or-go-home/#comment-3697 I have my doubts about the long term benefits of the LEED movement and wonder if anyone else has thoughts. Coming from a 25 year background in K-12 design/construction in the Rocky Mountains, I've seen so many "latest and greatest" ideas pushed onto school districts. Nearly all of them fall into disrepair and eventually are dismantled or become a part of a future bond election for "upgrades." Districts simply can't/won't invest in the people and the maintenance required to keep "latest and greatest" ideas functioning. Ex: Auto dimming systems generally have a 3 year life. After that new staff members complain and they are disconnected. Solar panel systems installed widely throughout the RM's in the '70's have long been removed or abandoned because no one has the budget or skill to repair them. Young trees have a very short life on a school property and no district has money to replace vandalized trees. HVAC computerized control systems get replaced with simple t-stats or else fall to default mode because the maintenance guy retired and no one picked up the knowledge. Sophisticated glazing systems get vandalized and replace with plain glass. Will LEED be any different in 20 years? Just another expensive system for the taxpayers to repair/replace? I have my doubts about the long term benefits of the LEED movement and wonder if anyone else has thoughts. Coming from a 25 year background in K-12 design/construction in the Rocky Mountains, I’ve seen so many “latest and greatest” ideas pushed onto school districts. Nearly all of them fall into disrepair and eventually are dismantled or become a part of a future bond election for “upgrades.” Districts simply can’t/won’t invest in the people and the maintenance required to keep “latest and greatest” ideas functioning. Ex: Auto dimming systems generally have a 3 year life. After that new staff members complain and they are disconnected. Solar panel systems installed widely throughout the RM’s in the ’70′s have long been removed or abandoned because no one has the budget or skill to repair them. Young trees have a very short life on a school property and no district has money to replace vandalized trees. HVAC computerized control systems get replaced with simple t-stats or else fall to default mode because the maintenance guy retired and no one picked up the knowledge. Sophisticated glazing systems get vandalized and replace with plain glass. Will LEED be any different in 20 years? Just another expensive system for the taxpayers to repair/replace?

]]> By: Go Green or Go Home! – the impact of engineering http://constructionlawva.com/go-green-or-go-home/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 Go Green or Go Home! – the impact of engineering Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:48:35 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2008/12/go-green-or-go-home/#comment-3086 [...] Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA [...] [...] Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA [...]

]]> By: Austin Scott Brooks http://constructionlawva.com/go-green-or-go-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2857 Austin Scott Brooks Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:43:01 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2008/12/go-green-or-go-home/#comment-2857 This is so true. Not only does going green benefit society from an environmental aspect, but also benefits the owners of <a>luxury manhattan real estate</a>. This is so true. Not only does going green benefit society from an environmental aspect, but also benefits the owners of luxury manhattan real estate.

]]> By: DouglasReiser (Douglas Reiser) http://constructionlawva.com/go-green-or-go-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 DouglasReiser (Douglas Reiser) Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:54:36 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2008/12/go-green-or-go-home/#comment-2264 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/DouglasReiser" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="DouglasReiser (Douglas Reiser)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;"> <img name="cc_image" title="DouglasReiser (Douglas Reiser)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:50px;height:50px;" src="http://purl.org/net/spiurl/DouglasReiser"/> </div> </a> Go Green or Go Home! [link to post] (thanks @constructionlaw for the reference to my article at constructionlawmonitor.com)<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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