But some of the entities that have taken on the challenge, including the USGBC, are beginning to create measurement mechanisms.

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When USGBC unexpectedly delivers LEED Silver certification, the tenant terminates its lease.

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Another example would be the little-known fact that we were one of the co-founders of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1994.

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The USGBC is a leading non-profit organization known for its development of LEED, a global green building program, and its large diverse community.

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In the lawsuit, Gifford claims that the USGBC has engaged in deceptive trade practices, false advertising and anti-trust in promoting the LEED certification program.

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Rewarding transparency about building products will lead builders to make better-informed choices, said Brendan Owens, vice president of LEED Technical Development, USGBC, in September.

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These issues and others led to the filing of a class action lawsuit against the USGBC by Henry Gifford, a long time critic of the LEED rating system.

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There has been some concern about stated energy use versus actually energy use for quite some time and the USGBC addressed this concern with the mandated energy use requirement of LEED v3.

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