MEDIA ADVISORY: For Immediate Release
Next Steps in USGBC's Consensus Process for Examining Wood and Wood Certification in the LEED Green Building Rating System
June 30, 2006 (Washington, DC) - At its May meeting, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors directed the USGBC's LEED Steering Committee (LSC) to address bio-based materials within LEED through USGBC's fair, open and transparent
consensus process.
During the June 26 LSC meeting, the committee issued a formal charge to the Materials & Resources Technical Advisory Group (MR TAG) to examine biobased credits within LEED.
As with any change to the LEED rating system, the proposal will follow USGBC's consensus process. The LSC's formal charge is the first in a series of steps in USGBC's consensus based committee process that is required for all revisions to the LEED rating system.
Following the LSC charge, the MR TAG's recommendations will be made to the LSC in the form of revised credit language and an accompanying rationale. The yet to be developed revisions will be forwarded to USGBC Board of Director's Executive Committee, and the public comment period and member ballot will follow. A draft time line for the MR TAG's scope of work is available along with the
formal charge.
Background information on USGBC's consensus process.
The LSC's formal charge.
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About USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council is the nation's leading coalition of corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations working together to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Since its founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 6,300 member companies and organizations, a 70-person professional staff, a broad portfolio of LEED products and services, the industry's popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, and a network of 67 local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups. The USGBC created the LEED Rating System to define and measure the standard for green building. For more information visit: usgbc.org.
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