Category Archives: LEED for Homes

LEED Habitat: Targeted Air-Sealing & Pre-Drywall Inspection

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It has now been a little over 4 months since the project was started & yes, things are running a tad behind schedule. As I recall the completion date was originally scheduled for the end of this month & it has now been bumped till the end of June. As of this moment they now
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LEED Habitat: One Month Later & the EverBuildPro System

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Thank goodness for rain days as this Thursday that allowed me to get back up to Athens to check out the progress and help out for a few hours. Along the same lines, I thought I would include more about BOULD’s system & how it works. For more on this project you may wish to
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LEED Habitat: Let the concrete flow

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(UPDATED: Video added from WKU’s trip at the bottom) As you may recall the original schedule called for the concrete to be poured last Friday, but alas the best laid plans… and the weather said otherwise. At least today that wouldn’t be an issue and the weather was being nice as it was relatively warm
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LEED Habitat: Weather & Scheduling

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In our last post on “Let’s get this project rolling” we caught up with the project & mentioned some of the weather that was liable to make life a little difficult. When I left the schedule & weather forecast stood as follows: Monday:  Official kickoff (Invite news crews, etc…) Tuesday: Start laying up walls &
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LEED Habitat: Let’s get this project rolling

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In our last article, we introduced you to a program where Habitat affiliates can team up with local professionals looking at becoming LEED AP’s and also obtaining LEED Certifications on their buildings (at no cost to them).  In this series we are going to take you through the EverBuildPRO process & the actual construction of
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Becoming a LEED AP: Habitat for Humanity, BOULD, and You?

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So you have decided you want to earn or become a LEED AP. There is just have one small issue, unless you have or are working on a LEED project, just how are you supposed to gain the experience & show documented involvement on a project registered or certified for LEED? (AKA a letter of
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USGBC, the EPA, DOE & VP Biden – what a week:

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If you have been following the news, the blogs & the tweets this week, I am sure you have seen all the announcements coming out, talking about this Energy Efficiency nirvana. Unfortunately, for the nirvana crowd, it seems almost everyone pulled a copy & paste & did not really dig into it these programs. Before
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