Idaho Governor Says Open LEED
Coming off the heels of the USGBC Federal Summit, we’re as excited as ever to raise awareness of SFI and the program’s role in green building.
Coming off the heels of the USGBC Federal Summit, we’re as excited as ever to raise awareness of SFI and the program’s role in green building.
I am pleased to announce that we’ve just released the latest SFI progress report, which measures our program’s progress in meeting its goals.
The USGBC Federal Summit in Washington DC last week was a great opportunity to promote SFI forest certification and certified wood products.
Key components of the SFI program are support for research and landowner outreach, and these requirements in our standard have already led to countless benefits in North America.
Recent coverage in Canadian Wood Products and the LBM Journal points to reasons as to why the US Green Building Council should open the LEED rating system.
In the final installment of the blog series about SFI’s LEED statements, I wanted to discuss how agencies, governments, and rating systems worldwide have embraced inclusive forest certification policies.
Not only have we received broad support to open the LEED rating system from government and forest community leaders, but have also received thousands of comments on the petition.
Yesterday I talked about how giving credit only to FSC-certified wood discriminates against North American wood for LEED projects.
You’ve probably seen the U.S. and Canadian SFI statements on the LEED Certification credits referenced on our website, the petition and in various other mediums.
Two major North American groups representing forestry experts have weighed in with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) on the LEED standard.