Intel also reports on increased supplier assessments, renewable power and energy efficiency successes, employee engagement and greenbuildingdesign, among other topics.
Many jurisdictions have mandated minimum green standards and incorporating those standards should not cost a building owner anything if their design and construction teams understand what is required.
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is program administered by the U.S. GreenBuilding Council that awards points for buildings that incorporate various energy efficiency and water conservation features as well as providing such things as bike racks.
Now the U.S. GreenBuilding Council has a pilot project to award credits under its LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) system for the use of materials that have EPDs.
In a three-story building of concrete and smoked green glass opposite Cisco Systems' San Jose, California headquarters, the grand design of the Internet is in its final tests.