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Where the Rubber Meets the Road in Building Products (April 24, 2013)
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) describes itself as the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry. The reason for this is its trademarked rating system for buildings known as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Since 2000, 167 buildings have been LEED certified, and more than 1,800 are in the pipeline, a conservative indicator of the USGBC's influence.
Because LEED standards have a growing influence on materials used by building product manufacturers, LEED is rapidly becoming the nation's de facto green building code.
According to the USGBC, If it's not LEED, it's not green. Thus, it is of utmost concern to HBN and environmental health advocacy groups that the USGBC, bowing to pressure from chemical industry trade groups, provides no credits that further important environmental health policy goals, such as the elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics.
HBN is leading the effort to persuade the USGBC to develop LEED standards that reward best practices in the building industry which further the goals of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, which sets a goal of eliminating some of the world's most toxic chemicals.
General Information about PVC Plastic:
Scientific Reports
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- 2005 HBN Leadership Awards
- GREENBUILD 2005: Let The Good Times Roll
(November 3, 2005)
- Rick Fedrizzi, USGBC President, CEO & Founding Chairman Discusses Trade Associations and the USGBC
(September 21, 2005)
- Sharing Perspectives With Rick Fedrizzi: President & CEO, US Green Building Council
(February 22, 2005)
- A Conversation with Michael Braungart: On Science, Creativity, Pride & PVC
(February 7, 2005)
- As Good As Mother's Milk: The US Green Building Movement
(January 27, 2005)
- The World Turned Upside Down: The Australian Green Building Council Rewards PVC Reduction
(January 20, 2005)
- Where Is The US Green Building Council LEEDing Us? Trade Associations Draw The Map
(January 10, 2005)
- Will the Green Building Movement Go Organic? The USDA ORGANIC Label Provides Food for Thought
(December 9, 2004)
- GREENBUILD 2004 FROM A to Z: Perspectives from Tabletop 14
(November 22, 2004)
- The New Summer Blockbuster: European PVC Lifecycle Analysis
(June 16, 2004)
- Trade Associations: The Good News & The Same Old Story
(June 1, 2004)
- The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Green: Earth Day & Green Building 2004
(April 19, 2004)
- Trade Associations are Interested in Green Building: And why you should be interested in them
(March 7, 2004)
- Report from the USGBC PVC Hearing
(Feb. 25, 2004)
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