LEED

Author

MICHAEL ANSCHEL

Verified Green, Inc.

Owning a home can be one of the great joys and challenges of life. Understanding the myriad systems that combined to make up your home can be mind boggling even for those of us who spend our lives studying, building, renovating, and repairing them. Until recently, few were aware of the role that their home played in contributing to climate change. Homes and buildings are, in fact, the primary consumers of both energy (43%) and electricity (76%). Our lifestyle choices are having a tremendous impact on our world, and perhaps most

Footnotes/Endnotes

ON THE WEB!

Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines, msbg.umn.edu

MN GreenStar, mngreenstar.org

LEED for Homes, usgbc.org

Read Up!

Plan B 3.0, by Lester Brown,
W. W. Norton, 2008.

Green Home, by Wayne Grady, Diane Publishing Company, 1993.

Green Remodeling: Changing the world one room at a time, by David Johnston & Kim Masters, New Society Publishers, 2004.