The fifth volume in our Lessons Learned series, exploring the challenges, opportunities, and solutions encountered by those working in the green building field.

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Table of Contents

BUILDINGS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Excerpts from a Keynote Speech at GreenBuild 2007

President William Jefferson Clinton

Ecological Design Redux

Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan

A Perspective from the Path: Towards Cradle to Cradle

William McDonough + Partners

TRANSFORMING THE MARKETPLACE

Staking the Corners of the Green Revolution: Transformative Change in Less than a Generation

S. Richard Fedrizzi, US Green Building Council

Transforming the Marketplace – Strategies for Achieving Green ROI in Commercial Buildings

Brenna S. Walraven, RPA, CPM, BOMA International

The Green Lease: What’s In It for Both Landlord and Tenant?

Mychele R. Lord, Lord Green Real Estate Strategies

Understanding the Differences Between LEED® and Green Globes™

Jeff Smitley, LEED AP and Green Advantage Certified Professional and Chief Sustainability Officer, Tishman Construction Corporation

UNDERSTANDING THE CARBON CONNECTION

Addressing the Climate Crisis Through Transformational Planning, Development and Partnerships

Jonathan F.P. Rose, Jonathan Rose Companies, LLC

Tools for Creating Cooler Communities

Bert Gregory, FAIA, Sean Cryan, Rob Matthews, APA, and Steven Antupit, Mithūn

10 Keys to a Low Carbon Community

Steven Kellenberg, EDAW/AECOM

THE ECONOMIC CASE

Greening America’s Buildings and Communities: Costs and Benefits

Greg Kats and Jon Braman, Good Energies

The Cost of Green Revisited

Lisa Fay Matthiessen and Peter Morris, Davis Langdon

Energy Performance in LEED® for New Construction Buildings

Cathy Turner and Stacey Hobart, New Buildings Institute

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

Adobe Systems Incorporated – A Case Study in Operating Sustainably

George Denise, CFM, CPM, FMA, RPA, Cushman & Wakefield

Getting to Platinum: From Conservation to Good Business

Gerard F.X. Geier, II, FAIA, IIDA, LEED AP, FXFowle Architects

Step-by-Step to Effective Energy Management

Todd Coulard, Trane, New York

California Academy of Sciences – Accelerated Entitlements: An Unexpected Benefit

Mark Palmer, LEED AP, San Francisco Department of Environment

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The Visionaire: Building Upon the Solaire and Verdesian Experience

Craig G. Copeland, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

Dreaming, Building and Living Green in Victoria, BC:  Dockside Green – A Triple Bottom Line Development:

Joe Van Belleghem, Windmill West Developments, LLP

Building Green on a Brownfield Site

David O’Neill, Cherokee

Geoffrey Booth, Environmental Resources Management

One Developer’s Journey from LEED-Certified to Platinum

Harold Fetner, Durst-Fetner Residential, LLC

RETAIL

U.S. Shopping Centers Go Green

Rudolph E. Milian, SCMD, SCSM, International Council of Shopping Centers

Sustainability as Energy Efficiency – The Gift That Keeps On Giving

George Caraghiaur, LEED AP, Simon Property Group, Inc.