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Developing an Active Design Index for LEED

By Karen Lee on 05 Mar 2014 • 3 minute read

Over the last decade, there has been growing interest among public health professionals in improving the built environment – the human-made environment including our buildings, streets, neighborhoods and their amenities - to address health. Recent interest at the US …

Walk, Don’t Ride, to Green Schools

By Sean McMahon on 25 Jun 2013 • 2 minute read

Kids spend a huge amount of their time in school: five days a week for seven or more hours a day. They also travel to and from those schools every day, and most of the time they aren't walking. According to the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, less than 15% o …

LEED Innovation Credit for Active Design Takes You Up the Stairs

By GBIG Staff on 18 Jun 2013 • 2 minute read

Human built environments aren’t always conducive to physical activity. We drive to work or school instead of cycling or walking, ride elevators and escalators, and engage in sedentary activities for most of the day. Active design looks to encourage physical activity t …