Green Options » ASID http://greenoptions.com/tag/asid Posts tagged 'ASID' Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:27:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en USGBC and ASID Launch REGREEN: Green Remodeling Guidelines http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/04/10/usgbc-and-asid-launch-regreen-green-remodeling-guidelines/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/04/10/usgbc-and-asid-launch-regreen-green-remodeling-guidelines/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:27:44 +0000 Joel Bittle http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/04/10/usgbc-and-asid-launch-regreen-green-remodeling-guidelines/ REGREENUnder the FAQs for LEED for Homes is a question on whether the US Green Building Council has a LEED program for remodeling. The response is that they are “in active consideration.” It seems they’ve done more than just consider. Last month at the Interiors 08 conference in New Orleans, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) unveiled REGREEN, a joint program with the USGBC to provide guidelines for remodeling green. REGREEN will target residential designers, construction professionals, and homeowners. Though the USGBC was involved in its creation, REGREEN will be vastly different than LEED. Instead of assigning a point value to each green product or practice, REGREEN will be used more as a resource of what remodelers have done in the past to make homes more energy efficient, healthy, and sustainable.

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