From EarthTechling's Pete Danko:You can add green building advocates to the list of people who have a gripe with the National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law on New Year's Eve (despite his own reservations). The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) funding bill has come under scathing criticism from civil liberties and human rights organizations for its provisions concerning the detention of military combatants, but it also contains a provision that makes it more complicated -- although not impossible -- for the military to pursue high-level LEED certifications for its buildings.As noted by the Federal Times, a section of the law states, "No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 may be obligated or expended for achieving any LEED gold or platinum certification." But a clause to that provision does allow such certifications "if achieving such certification imposes no additional cost to the Department of Defense." And the U.S.
Ndaa Limits Military Pursuit Of Leed Certifications
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Wed, 01/04/2012 - 10:25am
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