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    USGBC Offering Free LEED Certification in New Markets

    June 18, 2013
    The LEED Earth campaign, which will end June 5, 2016, is open to all building types across the suite of LEED rating systems.

    The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is offering to refund standard certification review fees of up to $30,000 for the first projects certified under its LEED green-building program in 112 countries where LEED has yet to take root.

    Dubbed “LEED Earth,” the three-year campaign, which will end June 5, 2016, is open to all building types across the suite of LEED rating systems.

    For the campaign’s rules and regulations, go to http://bit.ly/LEED_Earth. To register a project, contact the USGBC at [email protected].

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    Described by a colleague as "a cyborg ... requir(ing) virtually no sleep, no time off, and bland nourishment that can be consumed while at his desk" who was sent "back from the future not to terminate anyone, but with the prime directive 'to edit dry technical copy' in order to save the world at a later date," Scott Arnold joined the editorial staff of HPAC Engineering in 1999. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for daily newspapers and a specialty-publications company. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University.