Quote Originally Posted by DJD View Post
IMO the green movement, global warming, climate change and whatever it will be called tomorrow is a racket. Obamy and his green movement has cost us billions but little mention of it in the news as opposed to the class warfare he has engaged in.
Green Building, LEED, USGBC (United States Green Building Council), etc...IS a racket! I've been working on projects in the past few months where the owner wants to build green, according to USGBC guidelines, etc....BUT they do not want to register their projects with the USGBC. Why? Dollars is why...it cost enough to build green, more to reach silver status, gold or platinum status...but it REALLY cost a lot to actually "register' a project as LEED Certified.

I can't say whether NObama is the idiot that's spear heading the green movement or not, he might be, at least to some degree he has been...but LEED has been around longer than he's been in the spot light.

For me personally...I dislike anything and everything about LEED. I believe in constructing buildings to be as energy efficient as possible, occupancy sensors, day light harvesting, building controls, etc...but these idiots with USGBC are...well, they're idiots. Lots of BIG money wasted without any doubt in my mind what so ever.