Quotes
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"SEED, a new building standard to certify the socioeconomic impact, as well as the environmental relevance, of design projects."
Residential Architect 04/06/2010
"At SEEDNetwork.com, community members will be able to define goals and measure the success of local design projects… which will assist designers in achieving buy-in and cooperation from local residents on design projects."
Contract Magazine 03/2010
"The SEED Network is a collective of practitioners, activists, and theorists devoted to collaborative, community-based design… a 'more holistic ethic for building.'"
AIA Newsletter, Spring 2007
"SEED brings together people from various disciplines who share a commitment to collaborative design that engages whole communities."
Billboard.com 2006
"Like LEED … SEED will measure how a development addresses the social, economic and environmental health issues of a community."
Urban Omnibus 01/2010
"Like LEED… SEED will have a scorecard system to measure how a development addresses the social, economic and environmental health issues of a community."
Daily Journal of Commerce 3/31/2009
"The SEED Network,… advocating the right of all individuals to live in a healthy community (socially, economically, and environmentally), announced the launch of the Social Economic Environmental Design® (SEED) Evaluator … the new measurement standard."
Contract Magazine, 3/2010
"Following in the style of its USGBC predecessor LEED, the SEED® Evaluator is a Web-based tool that will help designers evaluate and certify their developing design projects, taking into account the resulting social, economic, and environmental impact, in a way that is transparent and accountable to the public."
Contract Magazine, 03/2010
"The SEED Evaluator… addresses issues such as public safety, job creation, and sanitation… it requires strong evidence of community participation and input for a project to be eligible for SEED Certification."
Residential Architect Magazine 4/06/2010
"Somewhat analogous to the LEED standards for green buildings, SEED will provide guidance, evaluation, and certification for the social, economic, and environmental relevance of design projects."
Residential Architect 04/06/2010
"The SEED Evaluator (is) an online tool that helps users through the process of creating a socially, economically, and environmentally sensible building or community. The Evaluator addresses issues such as public safety, job creation, and sanitation, to name just a few. And it requires strong evidence of community participation and input for a project to be eligible for SEED certification."
Residential Architect 04/06/2010
"SEED is more than simply a 'stamp of approval,' … it's a tool for developing design projects, evaluating them as they progress, and assessing them when completed."
Lisa Abendroth quoted in Contract Magazine, 03/2010
"The link between design and critical community and global concerns- job creation, disease prevention, rebuilding after natural disasters- is becoming clearer. Further establishing that connection will create a whole new field of relevant design."
Bryan Bell quoted in Dwell Magazine 01/2010
"SEED will provide guidance, evaluation, and certification for the social, economic, and environmental relevance of design projects."
Residential Architect Magazine 04/06/2010
"There's a desire for a re-evaluation of what design means to people and how we are improving the world through our contributions."
Lisa Abendroth quoted in Residential Architect Magazine 04/06/2010
"Along with helping to produce more responsible work, SEED also could bolster design's perceived relevance to the world at large. 'This is a moment whose time has come," Abendroth says. "There's a desire for a re-evaluation of what design means to people and how we are improving the world through our contributions.'"
Residential Architect 04/06/2010
"Bryan Bell says, the link between design and critical community and global concerns--job creation, disease prevention, rebuilding after natural disasters--is becoming clearer. Further establishing that connection will create a whole new field of relevant design."
Dwell 01/2010
