Smart Energy » Italy http://smartenergyadvisor.com Brian & Karen on Just about Everything Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:08:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 LEED Makes Headway in Europe with Adotion by Italian Green Building Organization http://smartenergyadvisor.com/2010/05/leed-makes-headway-in-europe-with-adotion-by-italian-green-building-organization/ http://smartenergyadvisor.com/2010/05/leed-makes-headway-in-europe-with-adotion-by-italian-green-building-organization/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 16:53:52 +0000 Brian http://smartenergyadvisor.com/?p=409 Green Building Council Italia will be the first organization in the European Union that has decided to implement the LEED green building rating system. In the GBC Italia version of LEED, local standards and codes will be referenced, Italian specific units will be incorporated, and alternative compliance paths will be provided as appropriate to account for regional variances and contexts. The MOU also agrees to collaboration between the U.S. Green Building Council and the Italian group through the sharing of tools, research and information around green building.

“LEED has been very successful in the U.S. in transforming the approach to building design, construction and operation,” said Mario Zoccatelli, Presidente del GBC Italia. “After reviewing all of the existing green building tools out there, we ultimately chose LEED because of USGBC’s history of innovation and its flexible approach.”

via USGBC and GBC Italia Enter into Momentous International Green Building Agreement | Business Wire.

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