Last week, NRMCA Vice President of Sustainability Tien Peng informed industry professionals of the major changes to the LEEDv4 green building rating system at the Oregon Chapter of ACI in Portland, OR. The primary interest of the Oregon Chapter of ACI is technical education through discussion and dissemination of information relating to concrete. The "Keeping Up with the Acronyms" presentation focused on the new credits - Building Product Disclosure and Optimization. These new credit allows the project team to earn points for selecting at least 20 permanently-installed products that demonstrate material transparency and disclosing product information via LCAs (Life Cycle Assessment), EPDs (Environmental Product Declaration), CSRs (Corporate Sustainability Reports) and HPDs (Health Product Declarations). Approximately 25 industry professionals and specifiers attended the session.

NRMCA is a leader in the movement toward transparent reporting and has a number of programs to help members meet the LEEDv4 Disclosure and Optimization credits.