The Vinyl Institute and other organizations are calling into question the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) proposed LEED for Healthcare Rating System (LEED-HC), which takes direct aim at PVC, ignoring the findings of its own Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee (TSAC) Report.
Despite disagreement within USGBC's own Material and Resource Technical Advisory Group (MR TAG), the LEED Steering Committee opted to approve negative credits (MRc 4.1 and MRc 5) calling for the elimination of halogenated materials, including chlorine and other substances, in all healthcare applications, while at the same time recommending the use of alternative materials.
Below are VI's responses to a series of questions posed by the LEED Steering Committee in soliciting public comments for LEED-HC. Included in the documents below is a letter from VI President Tim Burns to USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi, requesting USGBC keep with the recommendations of its TSAC Report.