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Article: It's not easy being green: what the LBM industry needs to know about the LEED Green Building Rating System.(NLBMDA Briefings)
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- Prosales
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Hanley-Wood, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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If you sell wood products, you need to know more about the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) believes that LEED, as written today, raises serious concerns for the future use of wood products in construction.
LEED is a system developed by the USGBC to accelerate the development and implementation of green building practices. The goal of the USGBC is to make LEED the "leading-edge system for designing, constructing, and certifying the world's greenest and best buildings." There are currently several LEED ...