VI Response to LEED for Healthcare System
The Vinyl Institute and other organizations are calling into question the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) proposed LEED for Healthcare Rating System (LEED-HC), which takes direct aim at PVC, ignoring the findings of its own Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee (TSAC) Report.
Despite disagreement within USGBC's own Material and Resource Technical Advisory Group (MR TAG), the LEED Steering Committee opted to approve negative credits (MRc 4.1 and MRc 5) calling for the elimination of halogenated materials, including chlorine and other substances, in all healthcare applications, while at the same time recommending the use of alternate materials.
Click here for the full text of VI's responses to a series of questions posed by the LEED Steering Committee in soliciting comments for LEED-HC.