Green Options » Unobtanium http://greenoptions.com/tag/unobtanium Posts tagged 'Unobtanium' Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:58:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Levels of LEED http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/04/01/new-levels-of-leed/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/04/01/new-levels-of-leed/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:58:00 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/04/01/new-levels-of-leed/ Modular kitten insulation

A new top-level LEED classification called Unobtanium is being proposed to replace the currently proposed Protactinium level, leading to a possible schism in the growing green building rating system.  Whether Protactinium or Unobtanium becomes the new top-level of the LEED rating system…?

Earlier this year, officials proposed a new level of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) that is higher than the current top-end Platinum rating. The new Protactinium level introduces more stringent requirements to ensure the purity of the design team and to verify their worthiness to obtain such a noble rating for their building.

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