Greenwash Watch: Builders Write Their Own Green Building Standard

LEED is tough. LEED costs money. Builders don't like paying for something that the customer can't see, any more than their customers do, which is why there are more granite kitchens than there are energy star rated houses. LEED penalizes big houses; builders like building them. LEED is developed by a third party non-profit Green Building Council; lots of people are unhappy with how rigorous it is and how long it takes, which means they are probably doing a good job. Builders want speed. So they took a page out of the lumber industry's book and wrote their own standard. Like Greenglobes, Read on here