Joe Lstiburek does it again, in an article published simultaneously in ASHRAE Journal and online at BuildingScience.com that’s bound to ruffle some feathers of green building aficionados.

In Prioritizing Green—It’s the Energy, Stupid Lstiburek blasts the designers and developers of green buildings who insist on using lots of glass (I’m looking at you, Tridel and Minto). Yes, natural light is a good thing. But let’s not go overboard.

It’s a great article complemented by the sidebar Mis-LEED-ing, where it’s shown that LEED buildings are not statistically different than typical buildings in terms of energy use.