Will the plastics industry kill LEED?

greenbiz.com 19 Jul '12, 12pm

Will the plastics industry kill LEED?

The latest skirmish in a decade-old battle broke out this week, as 20 trade groups announced a new coalition to challenge the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system as the dominant standard for buildings. In many respects it’s déjà vu all over again. The new coalition, the American High-Performance Buildings Coalition , includes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Chemistry Council, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Vinyl Institute, the Vinyl Siding Institute, the Flexible Vinyl Alliance, the Society of the Plastics Industry and 20 other industry associations . The group is lobbying the U.S. General Services Association, which requires the LEED standard for all federal buildings, to reconsider, opting instead to require the Green Globes standard (“The Practical Building Rating System,” according to its website), considered to be friendlier to ...

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@infotrop » 08 Aug '12, 3pm
Plastics industry objects to LEED's green bldg standards, says no points shld be given for avoiding chemicals like PVC [link]
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“@GlenGarrick: The battle against the LEED rating system. [link]” What incentives promote using rating systems? Why bother?
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"Will the plastics industry kill LEED?" - Eye-opening [link] piece by Joel Makower: [link]
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"The Society for the Preservation of Endangered Chemicals" has formed to battle LEED-will they win? [link]
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[link] "High Performance Buildings Coalition" or Conservative Corporate Interests Lobby? #LEED is under attack
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The "American High Performance Building Coalition?" A front for the PVC industy! [link] #GrnBz via @GreenBiz
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the battle against LEED heats up [link]
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Solid post by @makower on the latest #greenbuilding battle between the chemical/plastics industry & @usgbc over #LEED: [link]
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