<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt">John:<br><br>I don't know what the US Army's present requirements are, but I commissioned an emergency response facility in CT a few years ago. The rating system was SPiRiT, which is based on the Green Building Council's Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design Rating System 2.0 (LEED 2.0®), and which
is tailored to Army-specific needs, embodies accepted energy and
environmental principles. SPiRiT takes a "whole building" perspective to
help preserve the environment and improve facility life-cycle
management, and to integrate environmentally responsible practices into
the facility delivery process from its design stages. <br><br>Has SPiRiT been eliminated?<br><br>Paul Diglio<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 8pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "Eurek, John S NWO" <John.S.Eurek@usace.army.mil><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <pasha.pkconsulting@gmail.com>; eQUEST Users List <equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, June 27, 2011 1:28:52 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Equest-users] To whom it may concern: (UNCLASSIFIED)<br></font><br>Classification: UNCLASSIFIED<br>Caveats: NONE<br><br>LEED does have a monopoly for U.S. Military buildings. Strangely
enough<br>Katherine Hammack how helped start USGBC is now the Assistant Secretary of<br>the Army (Installations, Energy & Environment). And LEED is required for Amy<br>buildings, very curious. Like the Halliburton of the green movement.<br><br>Like Pasha said, I agree with the goals, but the methods are questionable. <br><br><br>Maybe I've said too much, I can't forget Big Brother is monitoring this site.<br><br>Think only double plus happy thoughts. <br><br><br><br>"Is Freedom is a small price to pay to stop Global Warming?"<br><br>John Eurek PE, LEED AP<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a ymailto="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>[mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org"
href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] On Behalf Of Pasha<br>Korber-Gonzalez<br>Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 4:04 PM<br>To: eQUEST Users List<br>Subject: [Equest-users] To whom it may concern:<br><br>Just want to humbly state that I'm not trying to downgrade the intent of<br>LEED---I support thier intent 1000%; I have disagreements with some of the<br>approaches that are being taken on our LEED models when they are being<br>reviewed inconsistantly among a single organization.<br> <br>USGBC is a monopoly in the clearest sence (i.e. think US Post<br>Office-monopoly). There is no one out there competing against them or<br>refuting what they want to "Deem" as THE WAY. Sometimes a little<br>resistance or maybe a competitor to LEED would help push these issues to the<br>surface so to get rid of this 'underground suffering' of frustration and lack<br>of clarity with
what GBCI --expects to see.<br> <br>Many other LEED review comment discussions have also recently revealed the<br>inconsistency and discrepancy between EAc1 reviewer on the same team.<br> <br>Cheers,<br>Pasha<br><br>Classification: UNCLASSIFIED<br>Caveats: NONE<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Equest-users mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org" target="_blank">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/equest-users-onebuilding.org</a><br>To unsubscribe from this mailing list send a blank message to <a ymailto="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG" href="mailto:EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG">EQUEST-USERS-UNSUBSCRIBE@ONEBUILDING.ORG</a><br></div></div>
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