It has been a while since I last “mused” on sustainable (or “green”) building. Since my last post on the subject much has been in the news, and most of it negative in some way. While much good has occurred to advance the sustainable building cause, recent news on this front has shed an unnecessarily negative light on the concept.
On the mixed blessing front, the false advertising lawsuit by Mr. Gifford against the USGBC has been dismissed. The case was not, however, dismissed on its merits. The case was dismissed, not because Mr. Gifford did not have a point (that has yet to be decided), but because Mr. Gifford was the wrong person to bring the suit. The technicalities and a more in depth analysis can be found at the Green Building Law Blog authored by my friend Shari Shaprio (@sharishapiro). Because Shari and others have done such a good job in their discussions of this dismissal, I won’t go into any depth here.
