When It Comes To Green Building, Where You Are Is As Important As What You Build

via TreeHugger

 HSBC Headquarters, Prospect Heights, Ill, outside of Chicago, certified LEED Gold



A few years back, Alex Wilson of BuildingGreen started using the term "Transportation Energy Efficiency",.He defined it as "the amount of energy associated with getting people to and from that building, whether they are commuters, shoppers, vendors, or homeowners."


But Alex was  a sob in the wilderness, while developers kept building green office buildings in the suburbs and people kept building green houses deep in the country. But now the facts, and the tools, are making it clear that where you build is as important as what you build, perhaps even more important.