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Green Building

This article explores how green building features are being implementing in historic preservation projects and how the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design’s (LEED’s) evolving standards are influencing such integration. It outlines historic preservation and green building’s shared goals and approaches and discusses opportunities for further integration. The article highlights a preservation project in Washington D.C. as a case study.

Historic Preservation

This article details how LEED standards are evolving to better account for historic preservation projects. It includes a detailed case study of the certification of President Lincoln’s Cottage Visitors Education Center in Washington, D.C.