Comments on: Wisconsin Residents Appealing LEED Gold Certification of Northland Pines High School

By: The Living Building Challenge: Sustainability Without Compromise | Our American Generation

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:53:22 +0000

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By: Can (and Will) USGBC Revoke LEED Certification? «

Can (and Will) USGBC Revoke LEED Certification? « — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:58:00 +0000

[...] We may soon find out. I am only aware of one officially filed certification challenge and it was against the Northland Pines High School (NPHS) in Eagle River, Wisconsin. The NPHS was completed in the fall of 2006 and earned Gold-level [...]

By: You Can Appeal LEED Certification. But Why? « Green Legal Matters

You Can Appeal LEED Certification. But Why? « Green Legal Matters — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:56:01 +0000

[...] “The residents initially raised concerns about the project during the design phase, claiming that a more efficient HVAC system was available and should have been specified by Hoffman LLC, the Appleton, Wisconsin-based firm that designed the school.” – Green Real Estate Law Journal [...]

By: USGBC: No Such Thing as LEED Decertification? | Green Real Estate Law Journal

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:42:42 +0000

[...] Business Journal by attorney Bradley Carson, the other in the Multifamily Executive – suggest that our article here at GRELJ back in December about the ongoing Northland Pines High School certification challenge created some confusion about [...]

By: Stephen Del Percio

Stephen Del Percio — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:24:35 +0000

Just a quick update on this story according to the Vilas County News Review:

A re-examination of the gold standard in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) awarded to Northland Pines High School by the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC) was conducted Dec. 15, according to District Administrator Mike Richie.

“The USGBC sent a representative from Washington, D.C., and another from New York,” Richie told the board of education Monday night. “We also had representatives from Hoffman, who designed the school, and Johnson Controls. They spent the entire day looking at the allegations and doing tests.”

Those allegations of not meeting the gold standard were filed with the USGBC in a 125-page document by area residents Ron Ritzer, Kurt Hartwig, Pat Smith, Rod McKinnon and Kevin Branham.

“They went through everything in the system,” Richie said. “There will be an independent person from Los Angeles to look at all the numbers.”

http://www.vilascountynewsreview.com/full.php?id=17869