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Is LEED’s future with federal projects under threat?

Mon Jul 29, 2013

To LEED or not to LEED? That’s the question as the Department of Defense weighs the merits of continuing to require its new buildings and major renovations to facilities be designed to achieve a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver or equivalent rating. Oles Morrison attorney Meghan A. Douris, a LEED Green Associate, examines the importance for companies in the sustainable building industry in light of a new National Research Council study and the findings of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) surrounding green building practices.

Read the full article, published in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, here.