About a week ago, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s “parallam” lawsuit. Since that unpublished ruling on procedural grounds, much discussion has ensued. One particularly interesting headline, found at the well respected Greed Building Law Update, states Litigation Over First Ever LEED Platinum Building Tarnishes Green Building. After describing the reversal, the GBLU post then states its opinion that architects and engineers will avoid the use of new untested products that may not do the job required of them when designing buildings. From this premise, the author wistfully discusses the fact that this could cause an issue with “green” building.
