复习了两个星期，今天早起冒雨去考一门有关GREEN BUILDING的试，结果FAIL了。答对39题PASS，我答对了38题。把我气坏了。
当然我也知道39题是最低线，我应该远远的超越才是，但是我也已经很努力的复习了啊。（算是吧。）而且这门试题型很新，根本很难复习。可是不考又不行，以后只会越来越难，10月底还要换新版本。我也可以完全装作没有这回事发生，不过作为一个拯救地球的人，很难去抹灭自己的良知。当然这个认证也是职业上的一小步。
现在打了败仗，我实在不甘心，于是又报名下星期考：
1. 再交250美元。――有这钱我干什么不好？买双秋冬的新款鞋子就不用左思右想了。
2. 这个周末要努力复习了，虽然这三天我本来也没什么特别打算，也就是整理一下家里，吃吃好吃的，无限制的上网看漫画，可是现在好啦，什么懒都偷不成了，还要很努力的复习；
3. 根据TUSCANY理论，复习考试又多了一条皱纹；
4. 心理创伤。
教训总结：
1． 要好好学习，
2． 应该在没搬家时候就复习考试，太偷懒了。原来那个考试中心大概是福地。
3． 以后坚决不能在九月考试，去年就是这时候当机的，还不吸取教训。
好像很久没有考试不过要重新复习了。最讨厌看过的书再看了。
气死了（苦水篇-总算过了）
气死了（苦水篇-总算过了）
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混坛上另一颗新星
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其它的没什么，下次你一定过；这个心理创伤我最同情，因为我每次心情不好做的恶梦就是要考试，然后不是忘了上闹钟误了点，就是找不到考试教室，。。。每次吓醒以后要郁闷很久，然后缓慢地想起来 -- 这辈子都不用考试了，黑暗中才顿觉人生美好。要知道做这样的梦，也是长皱纹的。
Hug LuoLou. See the following article in the latest issue of "Business Week".
LEED = Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design
The Green Stamp Of Approval
Architects and their clients are scrambling to win eco-friendly certification
The makers of the Prius hybrid car are big on green buildings, too. At Toyota's (TM ) U.S. headquarters in Torrance, Calif., "no-flush" urinals and rainwater recycling help cut freshwater consumption by 94% compared with a conventional design. The company's new "salmon-safe" distribution center in Portland, Ore., filters water running off its parking lot, preventing oil from seeping into the Willamette River. And on Aug. 29, Toyota opened its first green dealership in suburban Dallas. On the building's west side, a "green wall" covered with Japanese Ivy keeps offices cool by soaking up the hot afternoon sun.
All three facilities have either won or applied for certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, a 13-year-old nonprofit that has become the ultimate arbiter of eco-friendly construction. The Washington (D.C.) outfit has more than 6,000 members, from one-man architectural studios to corporate giants such as Wal-Mart Inc. (GM ). Over the past six years it has administered the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) rating system for the greenest of buildings, 560 of which have qualified.
It's a sign of how far the council has come that architects now compete for clients by listing how many LEED-rated buildings they've designed. The group figures that 5% of all current nonresidential building construction in the country -- some $10 billion worth -- is seeking certification. "This movement has created a whole new stream of economic development," says council co-founder and CEO S. Richard Fedrizzi. "We're at a tipping point."
The buildings are a hit with companies and employees alike. Biotech company Genzyme Corp.'s $140-million headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., features 18 indoor gardens, adjustable thermostats in every office, and mirrors on the roof that reflect sunlight into the atrium. The company says sick time among employees is 5% lower than at its other facilities in the state and that 58% of staff report they are more productive in the building.
COSTLY PROCESS
Leed certification is based on a 69-point checklist. Installing bike racks and showers for employees who pedal to work produces one point. On-site power generation can score up to three points, depending on how much clean electricity is produced. Once scored, a building can win one of four awards: certified, silver, gold, and the greenest designation, platinum. The points system intensifies the competition between designers, says Rives Taylor, an architect with the Gensler firm: "Everybody wants to say they built the greenest high-rise or greenest retailer."
Not everyone loves the process, though. Auden Schendler, director of environmental affairs for Aspen Skiing Co., co-wrote a widely circulated critique of the program last year. He complains that the LEED process is too costly, too bureaucratic, and doesn't always reward the best environmental options. Final approval requires computer modeling of the building's energy use and reams of documentation, a side business for architects and consultants that can add up to $50,000 to the cost of a 10,000-square-foot building, according to Schendler's critique. Fedrizzi says the council is trying to address such complaints: It introduced an electronic document filing system earlier this year to streamline the process.
LEED won't ever be foolproof. As new technologies and building types are included, the standard evolves. Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE ) is seeking certification for all three of its office towers in downtown San Jose, Calif., under a program that evaluates retrofitted buildings. Yet despite having high-tech green systems, such as a lawn sprinkler system that takes cues from weather forecasts, Adobe scrambled to cut power during a recent heat wave. Then it hit on the perfect solution: Workers lowered the blinds.
LEED = Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design
The Green Stamp Of Approval
Architects and their clients are scrambling to win eco-friendly certification
The makers of the Prius hybrid car are big on green buildings, too. At Toyota's (TM ) U.S. headquarters in Torrance, Calif., "no-flush" urinals and rainwater recycling help cut freshwater consumption by 94% compared with a conventional design. The company's new "salmon-safe" distribution center in Portland, Ore., filters water running off its parking lot, preventing oil from seeping into the Willamette River. And on Aug. 29, Toyota opened its first green dealership in suburban Dallas. On the building's west side, a "green wall" covered with Japanese Ivy keeps offices cool by soaking up the hot afternoon sun.
All three facilities have either won or applied for certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, a 13-year-old nonprofit that has become the ultimate arbiter of eco-friendly construction. The Washington (D.C.) outfit has more than 6,000 members, from one-man architectural studios to corporate giants such as Wal-Mart Inc. (GM ). Over the past six years it has administered the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) rating system for the greenest of buildings, 560 of which have qualified.
It's a sign of how far the council has come that architects now compete for clients by listing how many LEED-rated buildings they've designed. The group figures that 5% of all current nonresidential building construction in the country -- some $10 billion worth -- is seeking certification. "This movement has created a whole new stream of economic development," says council co-founder and CEO S. Richard Fedrizzi. "We're at a tipping point."
The buildings are a hit with companies and employees alike. Biotech company Genzyme Corp.'s $140-million headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., features 18 indoor gardens, adjustable thermostats in every office, and mirrors on the roof that reflect sunlight into the atrium. The company says sick time among employees is 5% lower than at its other facilities in the state and that 58% of staff report they are more productive in the building.
COSTLY PROCESS
Leed certification is based on a 69-point checklist. Installing bike racks and showers for employees who pedal to work produces one point. On-site power generation can score up to three points, depending on how much clean electricity is produced. Once scored, a building can win one of four awards: certified, silver, gold, and the greenest designation, platinum. The points system intensifies the competition between designers, says Rives Taylor, an architect with the Gensler firm: "Everybody wants to say they built the greenest high-rise or greenest retailer."
Not everyone loves the process, though. Auden Schendler, director of environmental affairs for Aspen Skiing Co., co-wrote a widely circulated critique of the program last year. He complains that the LEED process is too costly, too bureaucratic, and doesn't always reward the best environmental options. Final approval requires computer modeling of the building's energy use and reams of documentation, a side business for architects and consultants that can add up to $50,000 to the cost of a 10,000-square-foot building, according to Schendler's critique. Fedrizzi says the council is trying to address such complaints: It introduced an electronic document filing system earlier this year to streamline the process.
LEED won't ever be foolproof. As new technologies and building types are included, the standard evolves. Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE ) is seeking certification for all three of its office towers in downtown San Jose, Calif., under a program that evaluates retrofitted buildings. Yet despite having high-tech green systems, such as a lawn sprinkler system that takes cues from weather forecasts, Adobe scrambled to cut power during a recent heat wave. Then it hit on the perfect solution: Workers lowered the blinds.
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吃着冰箱的剩菜，对着脏乱的公寓当作没看见。 
学习啊学习 
