tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post3047287614030017052..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: Fisette's "Green" Buildings Are Big Energy WastersArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-28145682541263015642009-11-07T09:21:27.015-05:002009-11-07T09:21:27.015-05:00Town of Vienna just received a bull$#!+ green awar...Town of Vienna just received a bull$#!+ green award, while downtown Vienna is approaching traffic gridlock.H.V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-35242695275543320462009-11-02T20:34:18.850-05:002009-11-02T20:34:18.850-05:00What can you expect when the Chamber of Commerce m...What can you expect when the Chamber of Commerce makes all the planning decisions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-3906930493044574322009-11-02T13:21:55.787-05:002009-11-02T13:21:55.787-05:00Yupette, Arlington has an EPA air quality index of...Yupette, Arlington has an EPA air quality index of 90, same as Los Angeles County outside urban L.A.Parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-28880424337627525322009-11-02T13:11:33.150-05:002009-11-02T13:11:33.150-05:00NONE of the County Board members cares about air q...NONE of the County Board members cares about air quality. They are actually destroying air quality with their development policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-2702472632233710232009-11-02T12:58:12.682-05:002009-11-02T12:58:12.682-05:00Fisette says nothing whatever about air quality. M...Fisette says nothing whatever about air quality. My kid's school is 1/4 mile from I-66. Reeder and the Greens have sued VDOT to stop more pollution from I-66.K-12 Parent for Reedernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-328908581895166562009-11-02T11:35:13.637-05:002009-11-02T11:35:13.637-05:00Want to know what a HUGE charade LEED is? If a dev...Want to know what a HUGE charade LEED is? If a developer only went after the LEED credits that made the building energy efficient (e.g, renewable energy on-site) the building could not be LEED certified to be energy-efficient.L O Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-31104609397754204402009-11-02T11:21:36.157-05:002009-11-02T11:21:36.157-05:00Don't forget the wasted energy and tax dollars...Don't forget the wasted energy and tax dollars County Government expends giving awards to developers of buildings that aren't really energy efficient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-39083713827583115422009-11-02T11:17:02.497-05:002009-11-02T11:17:02.497-05:00You get 5 LEED credits for "indoor environmen...You get 5 LEED credits for "indoor environmental quality" for using materials that don't give off hydrocarbons, except if you don't use low-emitting or no-emitting materials you can get sued by the people who will work and/or live in the building. Of course, whether or not the materials give off hydrocarbons has nothing to do with energy efficiency.No Way I Will Vote for Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-14540454816979510552009-11-01T21:10:16.768-05:002009-11-01T21:10:16.768-05:00The developers are allowed to pick the low hanging...The developers are allowed to pick the low hanging fruit, the easy "energy efficiency" credits, like planting drought-resistant plants around the building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com