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		<title>By: Xu Zu</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/exposing-the-leed-ecoscam/comment-page-1/#comment-4083566</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Xu Zu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driven, 
 
That article is written by Rick Fedrizzi, president; U.S. Green Building Council.  It has as much credibility as an article by Larry Flint on the merits of porn. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Driven, </p>
<p>That article is written by Rick Fedrizzi, president; U.S. Green Building Council.  It has as much credibility as an article by Larry Flint on the merits of porn. </p>
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		<title>By: DrivenbyLogic</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/exposing-the-leed-ecoscam/comment-page-1/#comment-3800134</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DrivenbyLogic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shock jounalism at it&#039;s worst - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/01/green-building-council-leed/1675913/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/01/...&lt;/a&gt; ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shock jounalism at it&#039;s worst &#8211; <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/01/green-building-council-leed/1675913/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/01/" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/11/01/</a>&#8230; </p>
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		<title>By: David R Allen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David R Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITS A SCAM!! THERE IS NO CLIMATE CHANGE!! 
 
It is so pathetic - NOAA has FINALLY admitted that the average global temperature hasn&#039;t changed in SIXTEEN YEARS!! There IS NO global warming, there is NO global COOLING, there is no climate change! There is nothing but a HUGE fraud being perpetrated upon the hapless populace by people who they THOUGHT could be trusted, the scientists. It turns out the whole bunch of &quot;climatologists&quot; just review each other&#039;s papers (oh, yes - gotta have those peer-reviewed findings!) to make sure they adhere to the eco-fascist dogma! Anybody who disagrees gets shut out for tenure and grants. I&#039;ve seen the leaked East Anglia computer source code - the data is being manipulated to bring about the desired result(s) - it&#039;s FRAUD!! 
 
I think once the Obama regime has been removed from power, the new Romney administration should follow the lead of the Italian government, and start imprisoning these &quot;scientists&quot; for fraud and grand larceny. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ITS A SCAM!! THERE IS NO CLIMATE CHANGE!! </p>
<p>It is so pathetic &#8211; NOAA has FINALLY admitted that the average global temperature hasn&#039;t changed in SIXTEEN YEARS!! There IS NO global warming, there is NO global COOLING, there is no climate change! There is nothing but a HUGE fraud being perpetrated upon the hapless populace by people who they THOUGHT could be trusted, the scientists. It turns out the whole bunch of &quot;climatologists&quot; just review each other&#039;s papers (oh, yes &#8211; gotta have those peer-reviewed findings!) to make sure they adhere to the eco-fascist dogma! Anybody who disagrees gets shut out for tenure and grants. I&#039;ve seen the leaked East Anglia computer source code &#8211; the data is being manipulated to bring about the desired result(s) &#8211; it&#039;s FRAUD!! </p>
<p>I think once the Obama regime has been removed from power, the new Romney administration should follow the lead of the Italian government, and start imprisoning these &quot;scientists&quot; for fraud and grand larceny. </p>
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		<title>By: cdnbn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Er, does the test being difficult and long make it worthwhile?
Or, does that just give it a nice, shiny (green) patina of legitimacy?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Er, does the test being difficult and long make it worthwhile?<br />
Or, does that just give it a nice, shiny (green) patina of legitimacy?</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Khouw</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Khouw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a shortsighted piece of journalism. There must be a balance between cost and benefits, people&#039;s wellbeing when working and visiting these buildings, versus operating &amp; maintenance cost. LEED certified building may cost more upfront in capital investment, however they bring about downstream cost savings. To be wholistic, one must consider a lifecycle payback or ROI, not just the initial cost. 
 
The soft cost can be mitigated, it is not compulsory to hire a LEED expert (only 1 lousy point out of 100 credits anyway) with thousands of engineers and architects already earned this credential all buildings can be designed and built by them independent of LEED Accredited Professional. Another soft cost is the hiring of a Commissioning Agent to ensure that the energy related plants &amp; equipment are installed to run according to the specification and engineering ASHRAE standards and one would be mad not to commission prior to occupancy, think of thedownstream maintenance cost otherwise. The last soft cost is the USGBC fee, which goes toward the administration and constant improvement of the LEED program worth every dollar spent. 
 
In the end of the day, with our generation&#039;s lack of commitment to address climate change  resulting in more extreme weathers such as super-hurricanes to come, maybe we realised that LEED was the right step forward, after all buildings contributed to 40 percent of our global carbon footprint. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a shortsighted piece of journalism. There must be a balance between cost and benefits, people&#8217;s wellbeing when working and visiting these buildings, versus operating &amp; maintenance cost. LEED certified building may cost more upfront in capital investment, however they bring about downstream cost savings. To be wholistic, one must consider a lifecycle payback or ROI, not just the initial cost.</p>
<p>The soft cost can be mitigated, it is not compulsory to hire a LEED expert (only 1 lousy point out of 100 credits anyway) with thousands of engineers and architects already earned this credential all buildings can be designed and built by them independent of LEED Accredited Professional. Another soft cost is the hiring of a Commissioning Agent to ensure that the energy related plants &amp; equipment are installed to run according to the specification and engineering ASHRAE standards and one would be mad not to commission prior to occupancy, think of thedownstream maintenance cost otherwise. The last soft cost is the USGBC fee, which goes toward the administration and constant improvement of the LEED program worth every dollar spent.</p>
<p>In the end of the day, with our generation&#8217;s lack of commitment to address climate change  resulting in more extreme weathers such as super-hurricanes to come, maybe we realised that LEED was the right step forward, after all buildings contributed to 40 percent of our global carbon footprint. </p>
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		<title>By: Mary Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sue]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given all these monetary boondoggles when it comes to the green energy sector, one has to wonder if the high cost of all this garbage is deliberate on the part of the enviro-left. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given all these monetary boondoggles when it comes to the green energy sector, one has to wonder if the high cost of all this garbage is deliberate on the part of the enviro-left. </p>
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		<title>By: riverboatbill</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[riverboatbill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIED buildings. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LIED buildings. </p>
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		<title>By: Vicki Dunmire Crowther</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vicki Dunmire Crowther]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#039;m in agreement with your take on the LEED scam, it would be good to mention that the actual exam is a rigorous one requiring many hours of study and OJT in order to pass.  The fee for taking the LEED exam is exhorbitant but the test itself is complicated, difficult and not easy for just anyone to pass. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although I&#039;m in agreement with your take on the LEED scam, it would be good to mention that the actual exam is a rigorous one requiring many hours of study and OJT in order to pass.  The fee for taking the LEED exam is exhorbitant but the test itself is complicated, difficult and not easy for just anyone to pass. </p>
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