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 | The Green Building Revolution Accelerates
If you’re an architect, engineer, facility manager, builder or supplier to the green building industry, 2008 needs to be the year you get your business and professional act together. If you’re a building owner or developer, every future project should be a green building. Here’s why.
by Jerry Yudelson
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 | LEED EB: O&M Sustainability Solutions
With so many existing buildings wasting energy, and poor indoor environmental quality contributing to employee productivity loss, why aren’t more building owners and operators pursuing sustainable/green operations? Is it possible that they simply have not been presented with a comprehensive, yet simple, approach to make their buildings energy efficient, environmentally sensitive and productive places to work, live and/or play?
by Michael J. Berning, P.E., LEED AP
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 | Initiatives
The buildings we build and the lives we lead make a lasting imprint on the Earth. What is your carbon footprint (the amount of greenhouse gases or carbon dioxide produced by our activities, including the built environment)? How about the footprint of the buildings you own or manage?
by Michelle Hucal, LEED AP
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 | Editorial: The Paradigm Shift
The move toward renewable energy and reducing the building sector’s carbon footprint represents a true market shift. However, the road won’t be easy because of differing viewpoints. While attending a press breakfast at the ASHRAE 2008 winter meeting in New York, a proposed mandate that 1 percent of all building’s peak energy needs come from renewable energy was met with mixed emotions. Some guffawed at the notion, saying it was intrusive and cumbersome. Conversely, others guffawed that the 1 percent wasn’t enough, saying it was marginal at best.
by Joseph H. Mayton III
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