LEED Pilot Credit to Promote Product Transparency—Not Performance

via LEEDuser.com

USGBC wants to increase product transparency through certifications, but will its members buy the idea that approved standards are not being endorsed?

In its newly released Pilot Credit 43, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has created a new incentive for product manufacturers to obtain third-party certification of their environmental claims, and to release environmental footprint data. The new credit is available for use immediately and applies to all the Building Design & Construction and Interiors Design & Construction LEED rating systems, such as LEED-NC and LEED-CI. The credit includes two parallel tracks: products can either be certified to approved standards or manufacturers can offer product data in approved formats.

For more information on this pilot credit, including disclosure, performance vs. transparency, and different rewards for different certifications, read the full article at LEEDuser.com

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