After being left off the North Carolina Senate's agenda at the end of May, the state's proposed Protect/Promote NC Lumber bill has been reworked, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. The original bill sought to stop the use of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program for state projects because it rewards the use of Forest Stewardship Council-certified timber more than the use of local, North Carolina timber.
After being left off the North Carolina Senate's agenda at the end of May, the state's proposed Protect/Promote NC Lumber bill has been reworked, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. The original bill sought to stop the use of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program for state projects because it rewards the use of Forest Stewardship Council-certified timber more than the use of local, North Carolina timber.
The new proposal allows for the use of LEED or another rating system as long as it doesn't disadvantage "building materials or furnishings, including masonry, concrete, steel, textiles or wood that are manufactured or produced" in North Carolina, the Journal reported, adding any rating system must provide credits, give preference to or promote materials and furnishings from the state.
