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| Posted By: Christina Koningisor | | Wednesday August 25th, 2010 |
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On August 12--the day before President Obama first weighed in on the "Ground Zero mosque" debate, setting off a fresh wave of media coverage--the Daily Beast quietly reported that the lower-east-side Islamic community center will house the country's first LEED-certified mosque.
Oz Sultan, a spokesman for the Islamic community center--which has been recently renamed Park 51--confirmed the report. The site's "interim use will seek to be Energystar and NYSERDA certified," Sultan wrote in an email. "For the final building (once constructed) we are seeking to be LEED Platinum certified."
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a certification matrix employed by the United States Green Building Council to determine the energy efficiency and environmental impact of both buildings and communities. Points are rewarded for a structure's environmentally-friendly features--for instance, the use of certified wood, or carbon dioxide monitoring--and LEED platinum is the highest designation that a building can earn. (continue...) |
| | | Source: The Atlantic |
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