前幾篇跟大家分享過綠建築標章ＬＥＥＤ，最近負責制定ＬＥＥＤ標準的美國綠建築協會ＵＳＧＢＣ宣布，ＬＥＥＤ標章只接受ＦＳＣ認證，不接受其他體系的森林認證！也就是說未來申請ＬＥＥＤ綠建築標章的建築中使用的木材必須有一定比例要有ＦＳＣ認證，並且其他使用之林木產品有ＦＳＣ認證也可以增加得分。
這個消息實在是很令人振奮！除了ＦＳＣ又受到全球另一個指標標章的認可之外，台灣未來也應該會有更多ＦＳＣ木材需求，現在申請ＦＳＣ認證的一些木材進口商之後訂單應該會如雪片般飛來！另外據筆者瞭解，申請ＬＥＥＤ綠建築除了建築本身使用的木材，就連建築中辦公、生活使用的傢俱、衛生紙和影印紙等若有ＦＳＣ認證也都可以得分，所以這方面的需求未來看來也是很樂觀。
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Wood approved by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) will continue to be the only lumber allowed in LEED-certified buildings, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has decided.
A USGBC member vote threw out proposals to introduce a “Forest Certification Benchmark”, which would have allowed LEED to recognize alternative certifications for forestry management.
When first introduced a decade ago, the LEED rating system only gave points for FSC-certified wood. Since then other industry benchmarks have improved their practices and fought to be included, says Scot Horst, the council’s senior vice president for LEED.
“Over the past six years, this one point in the 100-point rating system has continued to be the source of tremendous tension for USGBC members and industry professionals alike,” Horst said in a letter to members.
USGBC began studying the conflict in 2006, and its committees formulated a new approach. Horst said of their work, “The result was a clear and transparent benchmark that was designed to afford all forest products certification programs an equal ability to demonstrate leadership and earn recognition in LEED.”
The proposal went to a membership vote in October, and although a majority of those voting approved the changes, the measure did not receive the two-thirds majority required to pass.
In related news, the ten largest publicly-traded U.S. homebuilders scored an average of just 15 out of 100 in green building rankings by the investment house Calvert Investments.
KB Home again topped the rankings, and Pulte Homes remained in second place. But Meritage homes, which tied for second in Calvert’s last survey, dropped to eighth. MDC Holdings came in last.
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