U.S. Green Building Council Sued for Fraud Over LEED

The United States Green Building Council and its founders have been named as defendants in a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court. As reported by BuildingGreen.com, an independent source of sustainability design news, mechanical systems designer and outspoken LEED critic Henry Gifford alleges in a lawsuit that the USGBC is fraudulently misleading consumers and fraudulently misrepresenting the energy performance of buildings certified under its LEED rating systems. Gifford, who owns New York City-based heating retrofit company Gifford Fuel Saving, also claims that LEED is harming the environment by steering consumers away from using proven energy-saving strategies.

To support his allegations, Gifford relies heavily on his critique of a LEED buildings are, on average, 25 to 30 percent more efficient than the national average, Gifford's research concludes that they actually are, on average, 29 percent less efficient.

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