Environment-friendly Olympic Village Awarded LEED Gold Award
August 14th, 2008 by Adam
Chen Zhili, head of the Beijing Olympic Village, received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold award on Wednesday presented by the US Green Building Council.
more here. Gold is not bad, though there is 1 level higher -Platinum.
Interestingly, the LEED system which originates in the USA, has been taking off much faster than the BEAM system, which originates in Hong Kong. Either way, both are making headway (more here on BEAM’s progress).
LEED, though, seems to be much more popular than BEAM with various important US organisations and individuals championing it. Further many Multinationals who have received LEED certification elswhere are persuing it aggressively for their new office space in China. In fact, for some, it is an explicit target as part of their Sustainable Development goals.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Adam,
building efficiency is going to be huge in China. During several of my roundtables, this came up and it is clearly something that they need to focus on more.
of course, China’s ability to leapfrog is famous, and I expect that as some of the innovations are developed here, they will begin to leapfrog faster than anyone thinks they can.
R
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 am
This sounds like a pretty interesting volunteer experience. Does anyone have a link to where I could find more information about the group organizing it?
April 7th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Hi Max, you can contact me on rsvp-beijing@china-crossroads.com by email and I will send you more info.
Adam