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Article: Doors play factor in LEED[TM] sustainable rating system.
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- Doors and Hardware
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED for years by leading-edge proponents, is becoming a mainstream reality, affecting many product categories including doors, according to Keith Winn, an industry consultant of Catalyst Partners in Grand Rapids, MI. Guiding that move into the mainstream is the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which has developed a system to measure where buildings and their products are in the world of sustainability.
The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System[TM] is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings and establishing a ...