LEED-ing The Way

With all the current attention on energy costs thanks to the recent heat wave and accompanying black outs, we thought it was worth pointing out that at least some development in the US is attempting to address the issue.

The National Building Museum is running an exhibit (with accompanying web site) called The Green House about new directions in energy efficient development. Many of the trends discussed will be familiar to residents of Chicago where city government has aggressively greened public buildings and gone so far as to speed approval of building permits for LEED certified projects.

Finally, in related news, Business 2.0 magazine predicts that the next real estate boom will focus on dense, walk-able developments, lessening our dependence on the car and weaning us away from the sprawling exurbs.

Lets hope so.