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LEED v5 is here! And with it are exciting changes to most prerequisites and credits in LEED rating systems. Here, we’re focusing on the exciting updates to building decarbonization.

As the urgency to address the adverse effects of climate change intensifies, Massachusetts introduces more embodied carbon measures for building developers.

The sustainable building industry is buzzing with anticipation for the release of LEED version 5. This update to the world’s most widely used green building rating system promises to bring significant changes, particularly in the realm of embodied carbon reduction.

Projects targeting Passive House certification must comply fully with all applicable accessibility requirements.

We’re sharing the strategies we use most often as Enterprise Green Communities consultants to achieve certification and create more sustainable communities.

The Enterprise Green Communities (EGC) criteria is one tool we can use to drive green building efforts to affect populations most in need.

In Part 3 of this series, we outline ways principles of social equity can be integrated into the design, construction, and operations phases of a building.

Experts in sustainable design have developed guidelines, protocols, and toolkits to adapt existing buildings to the ‘new normal’ caused by COVID-19.

To achieve social equity goals, a well-constructed plan for all project phases must be created and tracked. And, although the measures are not generally complicated, they can be numerous.

The way in which buildings are designed, constructed & maintained has tremendous influence on the equity (or inequity), and the justice (or injustice), of our society.

The Pirelli Tire Building, designed by noted Modernist architect Marcel Breuer in 1967, is located adjacent to Route 95 in New Haven, CT. Armstrong Rubber Co. originally owned this unique, panel-clad lab and office space from 1970-1988. (

The intent of each LEED credit category takes on a particular meaning, both locally and globally, in response to the emergence of such factors as global climate change and its associated consequences—including pandemics. In the post-COVID context, these intents will…