Once upon a time there was a voluntary, market-driven green building rating system called LEED®. In accordance with the intent of its drafters at the U.S. Green Building Council, it allowed developers to evaluate the feasibility of pursuing a third-party green building certification for a particular project based on a standard set of prerequisites and credits and then make an informed decision about whether or not follow the green brick road and design and develop accordingly. Along comes one municipality after another that decides that a voluntary market-based incentive to build certified green buildings is not enough. While many in the building industry cringed at the thought of mandatory LEED regulations for many reasons, they had little idea that it could actually get worse. Case in point: San Francisco’s mandate of LEED on acid for redevelopment projects.
October 23rd, 2008 | Paul D'Arelli | 0 comments | ContinuedArchive for Paul D'Arelli
