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LEED-ND
CNU's Rainwater-in-Context Initiative Subcommittee Reviews LEED-ND Rainwater Management Credit
Submitted by norabeck on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 11:25amDecember 17, 2010
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LEED-ND Bicycle Network and Storage Credit: A Few Recommendations
Submitted by MLydon on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 5:48pmWith LEED-ND and other LEED rating systems open for public comment until January 14, 2011, CNU asked me to evaluate the current Bicycle Network and Storage credit (Smart Location and Linkage Credit 4), and to recommend improvements to the existing language.
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LEED-ND and Affordable Neighborhoods
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 12:19amClick here to read a recent post by Kaid Benfield about planning for affordable housing and LEED-ND communities. The NRDC's Affordable Green Neighborhoods grant is an innovative way to combine good design with affordable housing.
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Location, Transportation, and Urban Design in LEED 2012
Submitted by Laurence Aurbach on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 11:18amMost CNU members know that CNU partnered with the US Green Building Council to produce LEED-ND. But did you know the USGBC also created a new category of credits (Location and Transportation) in all of its other rating systems? And that the USGBC set up a new committee (Location and Planning Tec... read more »
LEED-ND is for everyone (in a lot of places)!
Submitted by MattBerggren on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 10:00amIn Kaid Benfield's latest blog entry, "Analysis proves that even small towns and rural areas have locations eligible for LEED-ND honors," he fights back against the idea that small towns and rural areas cannot receive a LEED-ND rating. According to Benfield:
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Beyond Green Buildings
Submitted by MattBerggren on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:23amIn a recent article on CNN.com, Joshua Prince-Ramus, Randolph Croxton, and Tuomas Toivonen talk about the importance of thinking beyond building "green" buildings.
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HUD to CNU: What do you you do when you get what you asked for?
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 4:07pmHUD officials made it clear at CNU 18 in Atlanta that ideas emerging from the Congress for New Urbanism have profoundly shaped federal policy, as it's now shifting under the Obama Administration.
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Shop windows: an endangered species?
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:01amTwo weeks ago, I wrote a post on my NRDC blog (‘Walkability 101-A’) drawing from Washington architect
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Vancouver's Olympic Village - smart, green & urban
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 11:11amVancouver’s civic leaders believe that the athlete’s village built for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and the planned neighborhood that will surround it, will be one of the very greenest neighborh
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LEED-ND Dilemma
Submitted by burlesona on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 4:31pmHi everyone,
I'm working on a project in the Houston region, and we're interested in going for LEED-ND certification. I've run into a problem, however, and I was wondering if anyone had constructive thoughts on what we might be able to do about it. We're land planners primarily, and haven't done any... read more »