Draft LEED® 2012
LEED®, the US originated rating system for sustainable buildings, is requested by more and more building planners in the USA and in Europe and at the Gulf.
LEED 2012 - 4th round of public comment now open
LEED 2012 fourth round of public comments now is open during May 11-28. Revised version is expected very late in May 2012.
Membership ballot is planned for June.
Regarding properties of products, the most relevant content is:
Both of these credits experienced some significant changes that can be seen when clicking the above links.
On the website of US Green Building Council you will find
- general introduction and guidance
- credits that saw changes compared with 3rd public comment version
- LEED User forum
- public comment form.
Vote on LEED 2012
The final draft will be balloted in the period 01 - 30 June, 2012.
If you want to participate in that ballot then you should act as follows:
- You must be US GBC member until at least June 30, 2012, for being eligible to vote.
- Opt-in to the Consensus Body: April 2 - May 15, 2012, at www.usgbc.org/leed2012.
- Vote for LEED 2012: June 1 - 30, 2012.
Further Information
Please see our flyer on LEED® issues in English or in French, or contact our specialists for using Eurofins expertise that may help to show compliance of your products with LEED low emitting interiors credit.
More information on this website is touching LEED in general and for several product groups, low VOC ecolabels and regulations, and VOC testing as such. You may also look for LEED related seminars and webinars.
Contact to VOC Testing Laboratories
Please see here contact information of Eurofins VOC testing laboratories in Europe, USA and China:
www.eurofins.com/voc-contacts.
Order forms and testing request forms are available for free download here.
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