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		<title>LEED for Homes Myth #3: The costs are expensive</title>
		<link>http://www.leedforhomesillinois.org/myths/leed-for-homes-myth-3-the-costs-are-expensive-199</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, many people have told me they thought a LEED for Homes certification was going to cost many thousands of dollars - even over $10,000.  This simply isn't true, at least not when using the Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (AES) as the LEED for Homes Provider.  So let's bust this myth.]]></description>
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		<title>LEED for Homes Myth #2: Documentation Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEED for Homes projects have relatively simple documentation requirements. The forms are all contained in one Excel file, making the documentation requirements for a LEED for Homes project much simpler than what is needed for other LEED projects.]]></description>
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		<title>LEED for Homes Myth #1: FSC lumber</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In residential construction under LEED for Homes, using FSC certified wood is not required, unless tropical wood is planned for the project. However, there are points available to reward and the use of FSC lumber as an under the Materials and Resources credit MR 2.2 Environmentally Preferred Products (EPP) , but using FSC lumber is not explicitly required. ]]></description>
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