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The Four Sins of LEEDwashing: LEED Green Buildings That Perhaps Aren’t Really Green

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Henry Gifford, photo by Travis Roozee

“Is LEED a Fraud?” is the provocative title of an article on the Fine Homebuilding website by Kevin Ireton. It appears that mechanical designer Henry Gifford thinks it is, and makes a few good points in his paper A Better Way To Rate Green Buildings. (google.com/a/energysavingscience.com/www/articles/henrysarticles/BuildingRatingSystems.pdf?attredirects=1&auth=ANoY7cqswNZ3o0raLkANLsmlOeheN34WHOcYp3Y_nWbNIxfn1Go0cBmzXhs6k8KEWYZMWXtiOI8ILU1Y3h3E_VUIkQlVSDyMKlVF66v1zfaoO

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