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Article: LEED Core and Shell Rating System pilot open.(Newsline)
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- Environmental Design & Construction
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is currently accepting pilot applications for the newly developed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Core and Shell Development (LEED-CS) Rating System. The new product, crafted by a committee of leading experts around the country, is designed to address special market needs of real estate developers. Pilot projects are designed to provide on-the-ground testing of the rating system for refinement before formal release to the market place. The pilot program will be tested for approximately one year at which time the Council will send the program to ballot through the Council membership.
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