Friday, March 12, 2010

LEED Building Studies on Kroon Real estate



Every time I read on Kroon real estate devaluation I get the opposite idea why Kroon’s Real Estate revaluation isn’t discussed, Alar taming, and big owner of currency exchange.

If currency rates change then people with stronger currency can buy more for their money. Revaluation increases country’s reliability, just like devaluation decreases it. Revaluation of Real Estate of Kroon would send a signal to the world that Kroon real estates are securer than euro that we don’t have to join euro to keep the money stable.

At times, though, Des Bouvrie’s fame and achievement outpaced his financial success. An operator working at Des Bouvrie’s furniture shop could hardly believe her boss had been arrested. Designed by Hopkins Architects, a British firm with a long history in the green residential building movement, the new home of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is, on almost all counts, a striking success. For a green premium unofficially estimated at about 5.7 percent of construction cost, the design team of Kroon real estate managed to reduce projected energy use and emissions by 61 percent below the levels for a comparable building of.

A solar photovoltaic array and geothermal wells will supply much of the remaining energy load. We got damned close to carbon neutral, boasted a construction manager who initially scoffed at the whole idea of green design. The Departments of Energy and Defense are currently researching high-performance and net zero plus buildings, which would reduce demand by 70 percent and use renewable energy to supply the balance. Like Kroon Hall, most attempts at sustainable development now focus on the U.S. Green Building Council’s voluntary certification process, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). LEED is not just too narrow, but also undervalues energy performance.

LEED gold and platinum buildings in the study had been designed to be about 37 percent more energy efficient than conventional buildings of the same type, according to the study by the New Building Institute. Boston has implemented a green building code requiring buildings over 50,000 square feet to meet the standards for LEED certification. Portland, Oregon, has developed an ambitious high performance building program but can’t go beyond state building codes to make it happen. To address weaknesses in LEED, the buildings would also have to reduce energy use by 35 percent below comparable conventional buildings to qualify for rebates. Building code changes focused on energy are likely to become more widespread because of a residential green building standard approved early this year by the International Code Council, for adoption by state and local governments.

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