One thought that keeps coming into my mind is how this comes on the heals of the recently announced 'partnership' with ACC. My guess is that this has something to do with the delay. In an effort to for ACC to partner in good faith with USGBC, this seems like a likely request 'delay v4' and give us time to work out the 'kinks' with disclosure. The ACC is notorious for delay tactics. This has the air of that for sure.
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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November 10, 2014 - 11:54 am
Sorry drawing a blank - ACC?
Assuming it is not the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Bill Swanson
Sr. Electrical EngineerIntegrated Design Solutions
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735 thumbs up
November 10, 2014 - 11:56 am
American Chemistry Council
http://www.usgbc.org/articles/usgbc-and-american-chemistry-council-work-...
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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November 10, 2014 - 12:00 pm
Thanks. Of course as soon as I wrote it and sent it I figured it out. Very interesting thought. Things that make you go hummmm?
Valerie Molinski
Environmental Stewardship ManagerTarkett North America
102 thumbs up
November 10, 2014 - 2:40 pm
Some are making that same connection re: the delay and the ACC.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2014/11/09/lobbyists-pr...
Bill Swanson
Sr. Electrical EngineerIntegrated Design Solutions
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735 thumbs up
November 10, 2014 - 2:38 pm
I would say their tight lip on this is a point of confirmation.
Martine Dion
Director of Sustainable DesignSymmes, Maini & McKee Associates
November 11, 2014 - 8:48 am
I agree with the tight lip confirmation. I see the ACC lobbying on a national level having a huge influence on the 1.5 yr delay. Why 1.5 yr? Why not 6 months? 6 months should have been plenty for anyone needing to catch up. Pretty much everyone was already gearing up for next July's v4 implementation since 2013. Here is an article about the ACC influence in blocking v4 in Ohio:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2014/11/09/lobbyists-pr...
Sad that USGBC is giving into this politic vs. plowing ahead as we all did 15 years ago. LEED or no LEED, we will continue to move along with HPDs (and ZNE, and health, and resiliency...)