Embolden ACC?

SmithGroup BG+LU FW

SmithGroup

LEEDuser Premium Member

10 thumbs up

June 24, 2013

Nadav, With all due respect, nothing we do or don't do with regard to v4 will make a difference to the ACC and its allies. Until the Council opts to forgo any consideration of chemicals of concern, they are out to destroy LEED, period. The ACC is on the wrong side of history and will go down fighting, having allowed/caused the exposure of millions of innocent people to very hazardous materials in the meanwhile. Cheers, Rus

Post a reply

Renee Azerbegi

Mead and Hunt

LEEDuser Basic Member

9 thumbs up

Fri, 06/28/2013 - 05:46

Every version is a step in the right direction. Sure the details may not be worked out at the time of release, just like they were not worked out in past versions, but once adopted, product manufacturers and service providers adapt to the changes with better products and services. By the time everyone is forced to adopt LEED v4, ASHRAE 2010 will be years past anyway so most AHJs will have adopted it or something more stringent. Particularly now when cities and counties are adopting 189, IGCC, and/or CalGreen as code, LEED needs to stay at the forefront, and push the envelope much further than these codes to maintain its relevance. Renee

Kathryn West

LEED AP BD+C, O+M, Green Globes Professional

JLL

LEEDuser Basic Member

112 thumbs up

Fri, 06/28/2013 - 21:44

I've testified before some state legislative committees against a lobbyist from ACC. They're very far from mainstream... not sure we're in the same debating universe. (I'm happy about that.) If LEED v4 isn't approved it will make the ACC happy. We beat them in Connecticut when we added a deposit to water bottles. They got involved because it involved plastic. The lobbyist had some very creative arguments against this legislation and a lot of free time apparently :)