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THE LEED GUIDELINES: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN BUILDINGS AND SITES

HECK, GREGORY BRYAN
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060887850

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2003, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning : Community Planning.
A future with a diminishing supply of nonrenewable resources is raising concerns in every aspect of our lives. The phrase ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ development is being used to describe a wide variety of issues that take these concerns into consideration during the planning, design, and implementation process. In an effort to increase the number of green buildings developed throughout the country the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) established the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Guidelines. The guidelines are a framework which assists members of a development team to quantify whether or not a project is in fact ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’. The guidelines provide a step by step approach within several categories associated with green development. The goals of this paper will be to explore how the guidelines have already been implemented on a city level in an effort to encourage the development of green buildings. Along with an understanding of how the guidelines have been used to promote green development, there will be a discussion of what the potential benefits of green development would be if implemented on a county level and why such practices have not already occurred.
Samuel Sherrill (Advisor)
76 p.
Architecture
Green Building; Leed Guidelines; sustainable building; Green Architecture; Green Development

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  • HECK, G. B. (2003). THE LEED GUIDELINES: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN BUILDINGS AND SITES [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060887850

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • HECK, GREGORY. THE LEED GUIDELINES: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN BUILDINGS AND SITES. 2003. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060887850.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • HECK, GREGORY. "THE LEED GUIDELINES: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN BUILDINGS AND SITES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1060887850

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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