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USGBC LEED Automation Program is Misleading
USGBC announces new partners for LEED Automation program, but it's all about software to get green-build certified and has nothing to do with home technology.
For a moment, I was really excited when I read the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) forged "a close collaboration with leading technology companies" for its year-old LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Automation program.
Unfortunately, the announcement is nothing more than collaboration with several software companies to make it easier for builders to obtain LEED certification faster and easier.
I'm sure the software is necessary to help keep builders from throwing up their hands in frustration over the lengthy certification process. But the announcement reminded me of how little credit the LEED program gives for energy-saving technologies inside homes like lighting control, shade control, networked thermostats, energy management and whole-house control.
Remember, LEED is a program in which a drought-tolerant cactus is worth more certification points than a lighting control system.
Oh well, I guess integrators will be the ones still throwing their hands up in frustration.
Unfortunately, the announcement is nothing more than collaboration with several software companies to make it easier for builders to obtain LEED certification faster and easier.
I'm sure the software is necessary to help keep builders from throwing up their hands in frustration over the lengthy certification process. But the announcement reminded me of how little credit the LEED program gives for energy-saving technologies inside homes like lighting control, shade control, networked thermostats, energy management and whole-house control.
Remember, LEED is a program in which a drought-tolerant cactus is worth more certification points than a lighting control system.
Oh well, I guess integrators will be the ones still throwing their hands up in frustration.
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Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. He is currently a member of the CEDIA Education Action Team for Electronic Systems Business. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.
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