This petition was started as friendly encouragement to the U.S. Green Building Council to replace the current LEED Certification Level names with a more environmentally responsible naming convention. The current certification levels are Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The mining practices of the metals referred to int he certification levels are environmentally destructuve, and a different naming convention should be adopted. Such a change will disconnect the U.S. Green Building Council and it's LEED Accredited Professionals from such environmentally unstustainable materials. LEED 2009 revisions are perfect timing to accomplish this change.
We are not necessarily determining the new naming convention. Perhaps 1 thru 4 stars, or 1 thru 4 leafs, this is not as critical. If you have suggestions, or comments, please visit our blog at http://www.petalsnotmetals.blogspot.com/ .
Click the link below and to the right to see the Petition Letter.
This petition was started as friendly encouragement to the U.S. Green Building Council to replace the current LEED Certification Level names with a more environmentally responsible naming convention. The current certification levels are Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The mining practices of the metals referred to int he certification levels are environmentally destructuve, and a different naming convention should be adopted. Such a change will disconnect the U.S. Green Building Council and it's LEED Accredited Professionals from such environmentally unstustainable materials. LEED 2009 revisions are perfect timing to accomplish this change.
We are not necessarily determining the new naming convention. Perhaps 1 thru 4 stars, or 1 thru 4 leafs, this is not as critical. If you have suggestions, or comments, please visit our blog at http://www.petalsnotmetals.blogspot.com/ .
Click the link below and to the right to see the Petition Letter.
Dear U.S. Green Building Council: In a friendly effort to further improve the LEED process, we the undersigned would like to encourage the U.S. Green Building Council to replace the current LEED Certification Level names with a more environmentally responsible naming convention. The current certification levels are Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The mining practices of the metals referred to int he certification levels are environmentally destructuve, and a different naming convention should be adopted. Such a change will disconnect the U.S. Green Building Council and it's LEED Accredited Professionals from such environmentally unstustainable materials.
LEED 2009 revisions provide an opportunity to accomplish this change. We are not necessarily determining the new naming convention. Perhaps 1 thru 4 stars, or 1 thru 4 leafs, this is not as critical.
For more information on the history of environmental impacts of mining practices of precious metals, feel free to visit http://www.petalsnotmetals.blogspot.com/ .
We signed the "Change the Naming Convention of the LEED Certification Levels" petition!
# 24:
3:23 am PDT, Sep 20,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 23:
9:47 am PDT, Sep 13,Jamie Scott, Texas
# 22:
9:52 pm PDT, Jul 30,Andi Alnwick, New York
Type "LEED AP" here if you are a LEED AP
# 21:
12:30 pm PDT, Jun 19,Roxie Schliesman, Wisconsin
# 20:
7:50 am PDT, Jun 5,Ines Seidel, Germany
# 19:
12:48 am PDT, Jun 5,Can Atik, Turkey
# 18:
7:48 pm PDT, Jun 3,Ashley Blatsioris, Indiana
# 17:
1:57 pm PDT, Jun 2,Irena Nikoloska, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
# 16:
6:16 am PDT, Jun 2,Courtney Boeck, Michigan
# 15:
7:23 pm PDT, May 31,BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 14:
5:09 pm PDT, May 31,Anthony Montapert, California
# 13:
7:33 pm PDT, May 30,Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
Environmental health is defined by the World Health Organisation as:
Those aspects of human health and disease that are determined by factors in the environment.
It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing and controlling factors in the environment that can potentially affect health.
# 12:
10:17 pm PDT, May 29,Pam Boland, Georgia
# 11:
11:40 am PDT, May 29,Andrew Iverson, Iowa
If we are working towards better wholistic designs, doesn't a wholistic sustainable approach and rating system make sense?
LEED AP
# 10:
8:58 am PDT, May 29,Anne Seidel, Germany
# 9:
6:21 am PDT, May 29,Christopher Niebur, Illinois
LEED AP
# 8:
5:50 am PDT, May 28,Becky Lahart, Iowa
Might just colors work?--Green for highest level, white, yellow, orange...just a thought. Maybe Green would be too confusing as "green" design is already a coined term. I'll keep thinking.
LEED AP
# 7:
4:45 am PDT, May 28,Jakub Polanowski, Poland
# 6:
1:30 am PDT, May 28,Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
# 5:
1:28 am PDT, May 28,Steve Klein, Canada
# 4:
8:34 pm PDT, May 27,Name not displayed, New York
# 3:
7:14 pm PDT, May 27,Mark Seabold, Iowa
Great idea! I never considered the current rating system as anything other than symbols for success. Once you consider the environmental impact of the mining process you think it's time to change how we show the value of environmental success!
LEED AP
# 2:
6:53 pm PDT, May 27,David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
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