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March 30, 2009

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"Is LEED a Fraud?" is the provocative title of an article on the Fine Homebuilding website by Kevin Ireton. It appears that mechanical designer Henry Gifford thinks it is, and makes a few good points in his paper A Better Way To Rate Green Buildings. More in TreeHugger

Mar 30, 2009 1:02:33 PM | Architecture

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