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LEED Takes Hit For Underdelivering on Federal Building

environmentalleader.com (Sep 3 2009) Construction , Power and Cooling
1. Critics are coming out of the woodwork after the General Services Administration found that the LEED-certified Federal Building in Youngstown, Ohio, was lacking on the energy efficiency front. In fact, the building was unable to attain the Energy Star label, reports the New York Times. The U.S. Green Building Council, which devised the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification process in 1998, counters that the building, which was constructed in 2002, would not qualify for LEED designation today, under more stringent standards. (Read Full Article)
  
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