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The Green Building DebateTables and AppendicesTable 1.Different Types of LEEDBuilding Rating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Table 2.Rating System Categories for New Constructionand Renovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Table 3.LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations:Credits Available for Artificial Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Table 4. State Efforts to “Green” Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–4 5Notes to Table 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 0Appendix I. LEED Categories and Point Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8Appendix II. U.S. Green Building Council Board of Directors . . . . . . 5 9Appendix III. Chemicals Often Found in Buildings andTheir Health Effects — Not Necessarilyin LEED Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 0 – 6 3Notes to Appendix III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2Appendix IV. LEED Minimum Project Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4LEED Indoor Environmental Quality Standards . . . . . . 6 45
The Green Building DebateI.I n t r o d u c t i o nProblem StatementThe purpose of this reportis to evaluate the LEEDprogram’s standards thatmany assume protect humanhealth from environmentalhazards within the builtenvironment.New federal, stateand local laws tied to“Green BuildingStandards” areon the rise in theUnited States andthroughout theworld. As a growingnumber of governmental regulations are linked to green buildingstandards, certification criteria that insufficiently account for threats tohuman health are becoming deeply embedded in U.S. law.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines “green building”as “the practice of creating structures and using processes that areenvironmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout abuilding’s life-cycle, from site selection to design, construction,operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.” 1The green building movement is now thriving in many wealthiernations. The building industry began to establish voluntary programsand standards for energy-efficient development following the rapidsurge in energy prices in 1974 after the Mideast oil embargo.This research report presents a thorough evaluation of the Leadershipin Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program’s consideration ofhuman health within the built environment, as a basis for proposingchanges that would more fully value human health.Many building programs now exist to encourage energy efficiencyand environmental responsibility. The most prominent and successfulinclude the LEED program sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council(USGBC), the United Kingdom’s Building Research EstablishmentEnvironmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) program, Australia’s6
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