Building Air Quality Lacks In Green Buildings

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Not All 'Green' Buildings Are Healthy Buildings

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Even though a building may be built with " green " principles, it may not be healthy for occupants, says an industry expert. “Not all green buildings have good indoor air quality,” said Elia Sterling, Member ASHRAE, president of Theodor Sterling Associates. He told attendees at a recent construction solutions conference that voluntary building certification systems such as LEED® are inadequate to determine a building's health. That is because, he says, builders and designers decide which aspects of the building are examined when they seek certification. “As a result, it is possible for a building to be LEED certified without actually verifying that air quality objectives have been met,” Sterling explained.

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> FYI......

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> Not All 'Green' Buildings Are Healthy Buildings

> VANCOUVER, British Columbia‹Even though a building may be built

with " green "

> principles, it may not be healthy for occupants, says an industry

expert.

> ³Not all green buildings have good indoor air quality,² said Elia

Sterling,

> Member ASHRAE, president of Theodor Sterling Associates. He told

attendees

> at a recent construction solutions conference that voluntary

building

> certification systems such as LEED® are inadequate to determine a

building's

> health. That is because, he says, builders and designers decide

which

> aspects of the building are examined when they seek certification.

³As a

> result, it is possible for a building to be LEED certified without

actually

> verifying that air quality objectives have been met,² Sterling

explained.

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> Like we (at IEQuality) didn¹t already know this!

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