When I first came to work for the Gypsum Association in the mid-1990s, the green building movement was in its infancy. The U. S. Green Building Council was only three years old and the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system was still in the works.
On my return to the Association one year ago this month, I was happy to see that our member companies had more than kept pace with the times. A Life Cycle Assessment for gypsum wallboards was already complete and Product Category Rules were in the works. Having earned my own LEED Green Associate credential, I was happy to see the PCR to completion, knowing that LEED v4 would place a high value on product transparency and cradle-to-gate environmental impacts.