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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another LEED building with maintenance issues. I'm shocked, SHOCKED.

When our school was up for renovation, the ANC warned us that he last school in the Ward to be renovated had a lot of maintenance issues. The LEED certified equipment is all very integrated, so if one system goes down, the rest do too. Public buildings go for the cheapest equipment that meets the standard, and it is often of poor quality.

My building at work is also LEED: noise , toilets that don't flush, integrated ventilation that means a chemical spill in the garage rendered all 12 floors uninhabitable for a week.[/quote]

That's interesting!  LEED certification equates with quality and integrity, or so DGS and many city admins
would have us believe.  I'd also like to see DGS publicly explain this mess![/quote]

LEED certification only means that all the products and materials in the building, and the overall design, are 'green' products.

But if DGS/DCPS choose the lowest end 'green' products and materials available, it will not last.

I think the issue is not with LEED but rather with DGS. [/quote]

The school may have a lot of "green" products, whatever that means.  But their
energy profile is underwhelming, uses more gas and electric than average for
DCPS. [/quote]

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