Craig Webb recently wrote an article for ProSales outlining the benchmark changes and why various organizations don’t feel the current draft properly addresses forest certification issues.
The USGBC recently requested comments on a fourth round of draft benchmarks to evaluate forest certification programs in its LEED green building rating system.
The co-chairs of the Congressional Timber Caucus recently sent a powerful letter to the USGBC advocating for the organization to reverse its exclusive LEED policy.
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.
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.
