May 24, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I could not be more honored and excited to announce that Shelley Poticha is coming to NRDC to direct and build our new urban solutions program. Shelley has s… Continue reading
May 3, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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The plastic people lose one as LEED is recommended for all GSA buildings, but there are more battles ahead Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 29, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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The Taxpayers Protection Alliance appears to be a front for two of the biggest right wing dark money organizations in the country, and they don’t much like LEED. Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 27, 2012
by MoreRecycling
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The LEED Bashers are out in force as a study of New York office buildings yields surprising results Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 27, 2012
by Meg Waltner
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Meg Waltner, Energy Efficiency Advocate, Washington, DC
The number of LEED-certified federal building projects is projected to more than double this year: 821 projects received certification in the first 8 months of 2012 alone, up from … Continue reading
August 6, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
On my flight home from California last week, I took the photo above. It’s not the greatest photo, but I captured the image to illustrate the edge of suburban… Continue reading
June 1, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Last week, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the US Green Building Council announced the opening of the 2012 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Progr… Continue reading
May 31, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
My friend Eliot Allen first introduced me to the concept of neighborhood completeness: that the quality of a place is defined in part by how many different f… Continue reading
January 19, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Washington, DC is finally getting a green waterfront development to be proud of. A 42-acre redevelopment along the Anacostia River, The Yards will compr… Continue reading
November 15, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Last week, NRDC was honored to join the US Green Building Council and the Congress for the New Urbanism, our co-founders of LEED for Neighborhood Development, in a… Continue reading
October 13, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Via Verde (“Green Way” in Spanish) is a new mixed-income, mixed-use development nearing completion in a once-severely disinvested area… Continue reading
August 24, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
As this post is published, I am on vacation in Victoria, British Columbia, a wonderful city that – among other good things – is home to Dockside Green, which … Continue reading
June 30, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
My office is in the process of moving from one downtown DC buildi… Continue reading
February 22, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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We’ve had some interesting recent conversations at NRDC, still unresolved, about whether and when to support smart growth development. Some of my colleagues are understandably concerned that our support, particularly if qualified or based o… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 9, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Take one part Paducah (arts-driven revitalization), one part Old North Saint Louis (incremental restoration of abandoned historic properties), mix in some serious winter weather, and you might just come out with something a lot like the Syracus… Continue reading
December 10, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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I have long thought it more important that we have neighborhood parks within convenient reach of people than that we have large city parks (though it’s nice to have both). I was impressed, for example, when the residents of the South Bronx neighb… Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 3, 2010
by Kaid Benfield
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Can an urban place be located and designed so that it nourishes and heals? Mark Holland, one of the key principals involved in the planning and certification of the highest-rated development in the LEED-ND pilot program, thinks so.&… Continue reading