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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>this goes along with my mantra: every solution
causes another problem. think about consequences, think about
consequences! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>along those lines, i was thinking recently about
how we calculate the life cycle of a product. we calculate the energy in
and energy out but what about the lives of the people who have to produce or
mine the basic elements of what we're considering?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>i think in both these instances and most everything
else we manipulate, we can't win for losing. what looks good on one end
can be devastating on the other end. things to consider in your spare
time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>nancy cain</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sstruby@cox.net href="mailto:sstruby@cox.net">Shauna Lawyer
Struby</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=okc@sustainableokc.org
href="mailto:okc@sustainableokc.org">okc@sustainableokc.org</A> ; <A
title=ok-sus@lists.oksustainability.org
href="mailto:ok-sus@lists.oksustainability.org">ok-sus@lists.oksustainability.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 16, 2010 12:13
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [ok-sus] LEED Building Standards
Fail to Protect Human Health</DIV>
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<H1><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal">From
Yale’s Environment 360:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">LEED
Building Standards Fail to Protect Human Health<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H2><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">LEED
certification has emerged as the green standard of approval for new buildings
in the United States. But the criteria used for determining the ratings
largely ignore factors relating to human health, particularly the use of
potentially toxic building materials.</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=author>by John Wargo</SPAN><BR><BR>The LEED
program — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — is playing an
increasingly important role in the drive to make buildings in the United
States greener and more energy efficient. LEED is now the most prominent and
widely adopted green building certification program in the country, with
architects and developers striving to earn LEED’s coveted platinum or gold
rating, and an increasing number of local, state, and federal regulations
beginning to incorporate LEED standards into official building
codes.<BR><BR>But LEED — sponsored by the <A title=""
href="http://www.usgbc.org/" target=_blank>U.S. Green Building Council</A>, an
industry group — has a glaring and little-known drawback: It places scant
emphasis on factors relating to human health, even as the largely unregulated
use of potentially toxic building materials continues to expand. One of LEED’s
major accomplishments — saving energy by making buildings more airtight — has
had the paradoxical effect of more effectively trapping the gases emitted by
the unprecedented number of chemicals used in today’s building materials and
furnishings. Yet, as the threat from indoor air pollution grows, LEED puts
almost no weight on human health factors in deciding whether a building meets
its environmental and social goals.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Myriad Pro','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">More here :::
<A
href="http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2306">http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2306</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Malgun Gothic','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Shauna,
OKC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Imagine,
innovate, create, collaborate<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><A
href="http://www.sustainableokc.org"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; COLOR: #365f91; TEXT-DECORATION: none">www.sustainableokc.org</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><A
href="http://www.transitiontownokc.com"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; COLOR: #365f91; TEXT-DECORATION: none">www.transitiontownokc.com</SPAN></A>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><A
href="http://www.goinglocalokc.com"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; COLOR: #365f91; TEXT-DECORATION: none">www.goinglocalokc.com</SPAN></A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><A
href="http://thinklady.typepad.com%20/"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; COLOR: #365f91; TEXT-DECORATION: none">http://thinklady.typepad.com
/</SPAN></A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; COLOR: #365f91; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><A
href="http://freshgreens.typepad.com/"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; COLOR: #365f91; TEXT-DECORATION: none">http://freshgreens.typepad.com/</SPAN></A>
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</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 8pt" lang=EN-GB>please don't
print this e-mail unless you really need to</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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