[Pan_Yan]

Someone in Washington really screwed up when they let this slip into the appropriations bill. It shows a disturbing lack of faith in the green religion.

In my opinion LEED is a scam where companies pay thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to a "non profit" for the priviledge of putting their patented logos on websites and literature. The USGBC and ASHRAE have both bought fully into global warming, carbon neutrality and 'sustainability'. I think ASHRAE can be saved (I hope so, I'm a mamber) but USGBC has a business model built on this scam.

[Pan_Yan]

Green energy ping.

Someone in Congress is pushing back, even if it’s just a little.

[Professional Engineer]

Heretic! Blasphemer!

You’ll be reported to Saint Albert for re-education.

Psst. Youre correct about usgbc.

[kevslisababy]

I agree, I hate it. I think it’s just like wearing pink to “support” breast cancer research...just giving a paton the back to all the other do nothing posers.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Geez,...there is no end to this Global warming scam and all the associated costs.

[Erik Latranyi]

You are correct that LEED is a scam.

For example, you get LEED points (toward certification) if you use pre-finished wood or faux-wood flooring.

This is because Armstrong makes pre-finished flooring and did not want to lose business if real wood floors were given higher preference.

[Wuli]

As a national security matter, for the military to be as “energy efficient” as possible, can be a positive thing, provided:

(a) that such “efficiency” is based on the cost of the military’s energy needs, more than any other “efficiency” and without consideration for any politically-correct interpretation of what is “the right” energy source,

and (b) as long as such “efficiency” is not trumped by the military’s mission requirements themselves.

There is only one military purpose in “going ‘Green’” - can the military do 100% of it’s mission requirments, while incorporating new energy technologies that will save both long and short-term energy costs and without jeaprodizing or even short-changing, its mission in any way.

Any thing else is about politics, not energy or its cost.

[SteamShovel]

USGBC and LEED is a scam of epic proportions.

ASHRAE was a very good engineering society that has been hijacked by the leftist environmental bandwagon. As you say, I hope they can be saved.

Even ASME has shown signs of believing in the global warming crap.