The LEED green building rating system doesn't acknowledge lumber from the state of Georgia as sustainable, so one state lawmaker suggests throwing out LEED altogether. Critics call it throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
"Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that would effectively ban state buildings from being certified by LEED," reports Molly Samuel.
The logic that supports the bill is surprising: "Rep. Mike Cheokas, R-Americus, is concerned because most lumber from Georgia isn’t considered sustainable by LEED. So he’s proposing that all state buildings – including those on university campuses – can only use green building standards that do consider Georgia lumber to be sustainable." Cheokas is quoted in the story defending the bill as a Georgia jobs bill. The article discusses the implications of the law for universities in particular.
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