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Thursday, December 21, 2006
Banned In Boston
The New York Times reported December 20th that Boston will amend its building code to require all new private construction above 50,000 sq.ft. (a three story office building) to meet the minimum LEED certification requirements of 26 of the 69 possible points in LEED. This tactic, incorporating LEED into the building code, has benefits and drawbacks. For a drawback, it puts LEED and the U.S. Green Building Council squarely in the camp of the regulators and requires it to have the slow-moving consensus process of code-writing bodies. For a benefit, it is just the beginning of a long-term movement toward upgrading the nation’s building stock, especially its environmental and health impacts, that is way overdue. This move by Boston, and similar moves by other local jurisdictions such as Washington, DC, puts the onus squarely on the private sector to respond to an escalating global warming crisis and to build healthier, more energy-efficient buildings.
Posted by Jerry Yudelson on 12/21/2006 at 07:34 AM
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