Navigating Green Building Guidelines Part I: LEED® for Homes Guidelines
- By Noreen Adler
- Published 02/20/2008
- Unrated
Noreen Adler
Founder and President, Ecobrownstone
Noreen is Founder and President of Ecobrownstone. She has been a resident of brownstone Brooklyn (Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights and Carroll Gardens) for over two decades and has planned, designed and managed a wide range of renovation and real estate development projects in Brooklyn and elsewhere. As a developer she is a member of the NYC Committee evaluating the LEED for Homes Guidelines for application in New York. She also has a personal passion for sculptural relief ceramic tiles and murals which she has designed and fabricated at her studio on the Gowanus Canal.
Useful Links
Further study: The USGBC offers an inexpensive ($25 at this writing) online introductory course covering green home building basics, the LEED® for Homes Rating System, roles of the home Provider and the basic steps required to build a LEED® home.
Useful Links:
USGBC FAQs
USGBC LEED® for Homes homepage
LEED® for Homes Guidelines
Environmental Protection Agency Infomation Sheet on Indoor Air Quality
Graywater information website
Forest Stewardship Council
Useful Links:
USGBC FAQs
USGBC LEED® for Homes homepage
LEED® for Homes Guidelines
Environmental Protection Agency Infomation Sheet on Indoor Air Quality
Graywater information website
Forest Stewardship Council



