RALEIGH, NC-The North Carolina House of Representatives resoundingly approved the third and final reading of a bill that will likely bar public projects from participating in the US Green Building Council's LEED program.
The bill entitled “Protect/Promote NC Lumber” passed on Monday by a 70-43 margin and now goes to the North Carolina State Senate, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. The bill states that public projects may use “a nationally recognized high-performance environmental building rating system” as long as the green building program doesn't use a credit system “disadvantaging materials or products manufactured or produced” in North Carolina.
Rep. Ruth Samuelson during the House floor debate stated that the bill would prevent the state from using the USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system. See story in the Charlotte Business Journal.
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