Sweets Green Building Square Foot Costbook for 2010

   Well, Sweets has done it again. Once more BNi Building News, publisher of the well known Sweets Cost Guides and Cost Books, is ahead of the curve.
   Meeting Leed® Building standards can be a challenge particularly, if your dealing with Government, Industrial or Commercial buildings. Estimating these projects can be a make or break deal. And knowing how to estimate these projects is a must.
   In the new Sweets Green Building Square Foot Costbook for 2010 there are 50 diiferent types of Green buildings with actual square foot costs, broken down by CSI divisions. There are articles on the cost of LEED® certification and green roof design.
   The projects discussed explore a wide variety of green materials and technologies. Some of these include engineered floors, high efficiency HVAC systems, geothermal wells, green roofs and in-floor radiant heat.
   This book and many like it can be found here: Contactor Resource Center.