Certified GREEN buildings use more energy

[DrLeftover]

03/02/2014

Washington, D.C. may have the highest number of certified green buildings in the country, but research by Environmental Policy Alliance suggests it might not be doing much good.

The free-market group analyzed the first round of energy usage data released by city officials Friday and found that large, privately-owned buildings that received the green energy certification Leadership in Energy Design (LEED) actually use more energy than buildings that didn’t receive this green stamp of approval.

LEED is the brainchild of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a private environmental group.

Washington, D.C.’s Department of Environment made the capital the first city in the nation to mandate LEED certifications in the construction of public buildings. The standards are now being phased in.

The results are measured in EUI’s, a unit that relates a building’s energy consumption to its size; the higher the number, the more energy is expended by a smaller building.

Take the Green Building Council’s Washington headquarters. Replete with the group’s top green-energy accolade, the platinum LEED certification, the USGBC’s main base comes in at 236 EUI. The average EUI for uncertified buildings in the capital? Just 199.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/02/report-dcs-green-approved-buildings-using-more-energy/#ixzz2uwHV4Qlv

 

[Nebulous]

Well, their hearts were in the right place.

 

[DrLeftover]

That's what they tell everybody while they ask for a tax increase to pay the bill.

 

[Nebulous]

That's what they tell everybody while they ask for a tax increase to pay the bill.

I suppose you could say the public school system does the same thing. I heard of a school district around here hiring an 'Energy Consultant' or something like that (with a $100,000 salary) and all he does is make sure people keep things unplugged and they are implementing measures to reduce electricity consumption.

:Lame: It's called common sense,

 

[DrLeftover]

Maybe you can explain this to me.

For years now we've been told to use twisty light bulbs, and turn down the heat, take cold showers, turn the TV off when you leave the room, and so on.

And, for the most part, we have.

And then the power companies raise the rates because they're not selling as much energy and they're not making any money.

So we end up paying more for less.

 

[Evil Eye]

Perhaps so, but you're still being less wasteful even if it has no monetary benefit.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

If private individuals want to try and be green have at it. But this waste with my money on such a large scale is criminal because dont these green certifications get huge tax breaks?

Myself I choose to use all the twisty bulbs in my house even though it drives me insane that government is taking my right to choose away by banning certain incandescent bulbs. And then I hooked up a timer to my water heater to only come on 30 minutes twice a day. It saved me 35.00 a month.