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Article: National Green Building Standard Takes Shape.(Brief Article)
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- Professional Builder (1993)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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As reported in Upfront in July, there is a movement afoot to develop an overarching standard for green building. The ultimate goal of this process, say its organizers, is nothing short of market transformation.
They are at the beginning of doing just that by establishing a rating system for the residential building industry that will not only define what it means to "build green", but also provide leaders in the building industry the opportunity to receive a national green building certification for their projects.
Referred to as LEED Residential, or LEED-R (LEED is short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the rating system is being ...