By Brian E. Huff, CTS-D After you’ve been in the Pro AV business for awhile, you start to recognize certain project approaches that have a recognizable and uncomfortable ring.   They often sound logical and reasonable in casual conversation.  But some are extremely ill-advised, and if the client is not educated about the realities of professional […]

By Brian E. Huff Intro LEED is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, a national benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings, started in 1998 by the U.S. Green Building Council.  It’s a voluntary certification program for building owners and architects to improve performance in five […]

By Brian E. Huff This is a two-part article about the LEED initiative. Read Part 2 in the next issue. I recently attended a construction kickoff meeting for a well-known educational institution’s first new building in many years.  At the table in the construction trailer were the normal complement of project management, architectural, landscape, structural, IT, […]