Green Standards

Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance Updates ISO Compliance Standards for Spray Foam Insulation and Roofing

New additions include standards for low-pressure two-component closed cell insulation and HFO-based blowing agents.

Changes to Prop 65 Distress CA Dealers

USGBC’s Pilot Test Renews Tussle Over Which Lumber Qualifies for Green Building Programs

Group Pans ‘Greenwashing’ of Green Globes

GSA Chooses LEED and Green Globes

Exploring ultra-efficient home design

Managing Storm Water Runoff Through Low Impact Development

Build It Right: Practical Green

Key Fed Agency Backs 2 Cert Systems Besides LEED

Top Trends for Green, High-Performance Homes

Green’s Next Frontier: Health Product Declarations

Cal-Style Regs Could Be Heading Your Way

Engineered Wood’s Framework for Cost Savings

Survey: How Green Are Americans Really?

Should Military Brass Be LEED-ers? Some Wood Groups Have a Different Idea

Pentagon Spending Bill Signals New Step in LEED Fight

Congress Restricts Pentagon’s Spending on LEED Certifications

Mountain Lumber

Letter to the Editor: There’s Less Transparency in Green Wood Certification Than You Think

USGBC Floats Plan To Let Wood-Cert Groups Qualify for LEED

USDA Ramps Up Pro-Wood, Pro-Green Policies

Forestry Group Aims To Boost Sustainability Practices

NLBMDA Legislative Agenda Seeks To Retain Mortgage Interest Deduction

USGBC’s Wood-Certification Benchmark Battle Enters New Phase

FSC Wants Another Vote on Wood-Cert Benchmark

Proposed USGBC Wood-Certification Benchmarks Fail To Win Enough Support

SFI Calls for Rejection of USGBC Wood-Certification Benchmarks

Both Sides Lining Up Against USGBC’s Wood-Cert Vote

USGBC’s Vote on Wood-Cert Standards To Start Oct. 25

Natural Pick

USGBC Ponders Who’ll Get Right To Vote in Wood Certification Fight

Are Forestry Groups Talking to the Wrong People?

FSC-US, SFI Keep Recruiting Forces To Fight USGBC’s Wood Cert Plan

USGBC Tries Anew To Draft Wood Certification Rules; Critics Still Hate It

Subflooring

Arkansas Congressmen Press USGBC Over Wood Certification Rules

Wood Groups Dislike USGBC’s 3rd Try To Write Rules on LEED Points

ProBuild To Open Sites in Utah, Virginia

Logger Heads

Key USGBC Official Scorns Wood Certification Fight