A few weeks ago, we had our second LEED charette, which is a congregation of everyone working on the project to discuss where we are on our LEED points, and what we can do to achieve more points. We are still well on track for LEED Gold, which is a priority of our project.
The charette lasted from 1 p.m. to a little over 5 o’clock! It was tiring for me, as I’ve never been in a meeting that long before, but it was interesting. There was a lot of language and abbreviations used that I didn’t really understand, yet it was a good informational experience. It was good to know where we were at, how much progress we were making, and what some of the next steps were. One of the big items that we talked about was a possibility to make a switch to the new LEED 3.0 rating system. We weighed the pluses and minuses and came to the conclusion that we should wait for a while, until after we do the adequate research. We also talked about how we can design the building to be modified for the future, which I felt was really important. All in all, there was a lot of good discussion and I think we made very good progress in planning the building.
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