Scot Horst: Why the Future of Green Building is Data-driven
One of the big announcements from Greenbuild in Los Angeles this month was the formation of a new for-profit technology venture between the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) called arc, set to launch later this year.
Arc is meant to serve as an online platform where any project — from buildings exceeding LEED Platinum level to those not yet meeting basic green prerequisites — can participate and immediately start measuring performance across any rating system or standard, make improvements and benchmark against the industry. The goal is to make data gathering easier and as a result, to make greening the building industry more accessible — not just for the top 25 percent of buildings originally targeted with LEED.