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The Cradle to Cradle Certified Program has been integrated into the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) new LEED Version 4 rating system, which will be rolled out next month. The new system will give one LEED point to buildings that use a minimum of 20 Cradle to Cradle-certified products.
WASHINGTON — In early July, the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC) membership voted with 86 percent favor to adopt LEED v4, the latest version of the green building rating system. The voter percentage includes 90 percent approval from the user category of the voting body, 77 percent approval from the general interest category and 89 percent approval from the producer category. In order to pass, the overall percentage needed to be 66.7 percent.
Read moreWASHINGTON — On June 5, the USGBC announced its latest campaign called LEED Earth, which offers free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in 112 countries where LEED has yet to be pursued.
Read moreWASHINGTON — This month, the USGBC is having its sixth — and likely final — public comment period for LEED v4, the latest update to the LEED rating systems, which will be voted on this summer. The USGBC is encouraging everyone to look at the most recent draft of the rating systems and provide comments on changes made since the last draft.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Green Building Council has recently announced that the planned revision of the LEED green building system that was due later this year is now delayed until June 1, 2013.
The new system, renamed from LEED 2012 to LEED v4 because of the date change, has been delayed due to members feeling the changes were happening too fast — and many were not prepared.
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