U.K. Homes Rating System Recognizes FSC, SFI

The Building Research Establishment’s (BRE) EcoHomes environmental rating system for homes in Great Britain recently gave equal weight in its procurement guidelines to wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and by the Sustainable Forests Initiative (SFI). The move is making waves across the Atlantic because FSC, an international movement that pioneered modern wood certification, is currently the only certification program recognized in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED^® Rating System, but a recent proposal could give second-tier recognition to SFI, an industry-led program, and others (see EBN Vol. 15, No. 6).
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