"Lec 21 - Certification: Design and Green Architecture"Environmental Politics and Law (EVST 255) The lecture critiques the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) certification system, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). The criteria for being highly rated under LEED emphasize energy efficiency and minimizing waste, but do not prioritize environmental health and limiting use of dangerous plastics and chemicals. USGBC is a non-profit organization, not a government agency, and has employees of for-profit organizations on its board of directors. The lecture discusses the implications of having a non-profit organization run this system and be responsible for evaluating environmental quality in architecture and construction. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Growth, Consumption and Understanding Energy Intensity 15:48 - Chapter 2. Building Codes and Green Certification Programs 24:40 - Chapter 3. New Construction and Renovation Certification 34:38 - Chapter 4. Chemical Contents and Indoor Environmental Quality 40:39 - Chapter 5. Certification and Its Limits on Health and the Environment Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2010.
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Lec 1 - Introduction to the Course - Introduction to the Course - Environmental Politics and Law
Lec 2 - Principles & Strategies in Environmental Law
Lec 4 - Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology
Lec 5 - Preparing for War: NEPA
Lec 6 - Marine Food-Chains: Mercury
Lec 8 -Chemically Dependent Agriculture
Lec 9 -Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm
Lec 10 - Safe Drinking Water: Science and Law
Lec 11 - Safety Claims and Free Speech: Preemption and Defamation
Lec 12 - Air Quality Law: Margins of Safety
Lec 12 -Vehicle Emissions and Public Transit
Lec 14-The Quiet Revolution in Plastics
Lec 16- Evolution of Tobacco Law
Lec 17 -Land Use and Conservation Law: The Adirondack History
Lec 18 -Property Rights and Public Lands Management
Lec 19 - Land Use Law and Property Rights
Lec 20 - Managing Coastal Resources in an Era of Climate Change
Lec 22 -Past and Future of Nuclear Power