The U.S. Green Building Council will begin collecting votes Oct. 25 on proposed language that would set standards on which groups' wood certification schemes will qualify for points in the USGBC's LEED program recognizing green construction. Ballots will be accepted until Nov. 23, and the council expects shortly afterward to announce results that are just about certain to displease several key groups that have fought for years over this issue. More
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A coalition led by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative has put more effort into persuading Congress, statehouses, and the public over the USGBC's wood-certification rules than it has in reaching the USGBC members who will vote on issue. On the other hand, USGBC's murky voting rules don't give SFI much choice. Analysis by ProSales editor Craig Webb. More
The two key groups battling over a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) proposal governing which wood certification schemes would qualify under the LEED green rating system stepped up their recruiting campaigns, once again attacking USGBC's plan from opposing sides. More
The U.S. Green Building Council requested comment recently on a fourth draft of its proposed scheme to determine which forest certification schemes would qualify for points under its LEED system, and three of its sharpest critics already have declared--again, for sharply different reasons--that they don't like it. More
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Opening a new front in the long-running fight over green-certified wood, three members of Arkansas' Congressional delegation urged the president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council to accept wood certified by other systems besides the Forest Stewardship Council as being eligible for points under the LEED rating system. More
The two major green certification groups for lumber are continuing to attack--for much different reasons--the U.S. Green Building Council's third attempt to create a system by which multiple wood certification schemes would qualify for points under the LEED rating system. More
ProBuild Holdings will open new locations in Orem, Utah, and Winchester, Va., the nation's biggest LBM operation announced. More