June 30, 2006—The US Green Building Council (USGBC) recently partnered with Greenlight Strategies to make the company’s popular ecologic3 software package available to USGBC members at a reduced price.
Ecologic3, which assesses the economic return of a green building investment, recently became available with modules for all LEED Rating Systems, including LEED-NCv2.1, LEED-NCv2.2, LEED-CI, LEED-EB, and LEED-CS.
“Ecologic3 is the first tool I’m aware of that makes it easy to understand the financial implications of building green,” said USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi. “We’re very excited to have Greenlight Strategies as an active partner in our ongoing technology development.”
For the architectural community, the ability to collaboratively develop a project in real time has proven to be a timesaving, money-saving proposition, says Greenlight Strategies. For the owner/developer, the analysis capabilities of ecologic3 reportedly enable the design team to present a variety of “what if” scenarios that can balance various green design elements across the budget, giving the developer flexibility in decision-making without time-consuming re-dos.
