LEED

Description: 6/3/06 4:00pm-5:00pm LEED for Neighborhood Developments is part of the natural evolution of the green building movement, expanding sustainability standards to the scale of the neighborhood. While current green building standards often focus on buildings in isolation, LEED-ND emphas... read more »

Description: CNU has partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. Green Building Council to certify neighborhood development projects through the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system. The pilot version of the certification program began in early 2007. In Philadel... read more »

Description: The last ten years have produced a burst of visionary principles and standards designed to reform patterns of human settlement—Ahwahnee, Hanover, Aalborg Charter, CNU Charter, Smart Growth, LEED, and theTransect. As a result, today the goals of sustainability and urbanism are com... read more »