US green building standards ignore air quality, says report

Aecom’s LAPD headquarters building, completed in 2009, was awarded an LEED Gold certification by the USGBC in May this year.

The American green building accreditation system LEED has come under attack from health researchers who claim it conveys a “false impression of a healthy and safe building environment”.

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