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New LEED for Neighborhood Development and Historic Preservation guide released

New LEED for Neighborhood Development and Historic Preservation guide released

By BD+C Staff | March 19, 2013
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A new guidance manual,LEED for Neighborhood Development and Historic Preservation, outlines strategies geared towards helping building teams incorporate historic resources into their developments. This guide helps connect reuse and rehabilitation of historic resources with energy, water, waste, and infrastructure efficiency. It identifies ways that theLEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND)rating system encourages preservation.

(http://www.usgbc.org/articles/preserving-historic-green-neighborhoods?utm_source=USGBC.org+Subscriptions&utm_campaign=1df2a76c98-Direct_LEED_Update_Newsletter2_21_2013&utm_medium=email)

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