Gurus Seek a Building Rating System with Even Greener Pastures
Veteran “green” architect Russell Perry has long imagined a greater potential for the environmental performance of buildings than he thinks is possible with the increasingly popular LEED green-building rating system. “It pains me when I hear of project teams [that] settle on a LEED rating level and then cease the pursuit of initiatives that would give them points unneeded for that level,” says Perry.
“Limiting the search for environmentally intelligent solutions was never the intent of LEED,” adds Perry, , vice president, Smith Group, Washington, D.C., and an early shaper of LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.