2024-12-22T05:07:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/87216976/ohio-looks-at-banning-leed Brian Henry 2013-11-23T12:37:00-05:00 >2024-12-09T16:31:09-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bu/bult4gzc2npr4nv3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>[U]nlike some other states that have moved to ban the use of LEED in public projects this year, [...] the Ohio resolution, SCR 25, takes on LEED v4 directly, asserting that LEED v4 should no longer be used by Ohio state agencies and government entities and that the state's Office of Energy Services begin an immediate review of alternative rating systems, codes, and standards.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Citing LEED's failure to adhere to "recognized voluntary standard development procedures," such as ANSI, the <a href="http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/res.cfm?ID=130_SCR_25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">resolution</a>&nbsp;makes a move to ban the use of LEED for its government buildings because of LEED's apparent lack of openness, transparency, and scientific basis in the development of its green building rating system standard. The USGBC has recently had to face similar challenges in other states including North Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.&nbsp;</p>