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Wynn L. White Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Father of LEED: There are Good Buildings and Bad Buildings
Well, this is somewhat surprising and somewhat not. I've always said that just because a building claims to be green, or even has a LEED plaque on the front of it for that matter, doesn't mean it's saving energy or money. Mother Nature Network has the story with the...
What I’m Reading: The Checklist Manifesto
We use a lot of checklists in our office and in the field. New York Times Bestseller The Checklist Manifesto provides a commonsense approach to getting things done. It's written by MacArthur Fellow and general and endocrine surgeon Atul Gawande. With so much...
U.S. Senator Seeks to Amend Lead (Pb) Exposure Rule
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has re-introduced S.484, the Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Act of 2013, to amend the EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair & Painting Rule (LRRP), which was developed to...