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Subject: Transmitting SMART© Building Product Standard Ballot to Listserves
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:29:08 -0400
From: Mike Italiano <Mike@SustainableProducts.com>
To: Bohn, Michael <Michael.Bohn@bshg.com>, Ralph Bicknese <rbicknese@hellmuth-bicknese.com>, Ginny Dyson <Virginia.Dyson@DMJM.com>, Eric Corey Freed <eric@organicarchitect.com>, Bill Gregory <bill.gregory@milliken.com>, Dean Kubani <dean.kubani@smgov.net>, Karl.Bruskotter@smgov.net, Steve Castellanos <SteveC@quadknopf.com>, Deborah Dunning <Deborah_Dunning@IDCE.org>
CC: Alison Dillon <alison@sustainableproducts.com>


SMART Committee Leaders:

Below is the SMART© Building Product Standard Ballot that is ready for you to send out as we agreed on the Committee call.  Here are the groups we will send this Ballot to and folks responsible to send it to them right away:

AIA:                                     Ralph Bicknese
NAM:                                   Mike Italiano
Big Green:                         Eric Corey Freed
GREENBIZ:                       Eric Corey Freed
EPPNET:                           Dean Kubani/Karl Brosketter/Greg Reitz
IIDA:                                    Ginny Dyson 
CSI:                                     Mike Italiano
IFMA/Linda Beverly:       Mike Italiano/Bill Gregory
ASID:                                  Ginny Dyson  
Wachovia:                         Deborah Dunning
McGraw Hill                       Mike ItalianoSteve Castellanos
BOSH Customers:          Michael Bohn
Sierra Club:                       Michael Bohn

Many thanks for sending at your earliest convenience, the Ballot below to your respective entity.  Please copy me so we can save the transmittal for our official Ballot records.   With best regards,




Mike
202-338-3131
 

NOTICE

Friends & Interested Parties,

Re:   30 Day Ballot Vote for EMERGENCY SMART© Sustainable Building Product Standard:  OCT. 10 - NOV. 10

In an unprecedented leadership action, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Conference of Mayors, and European Mayors are aggressively stopping dangerous climate change by Reducing Fossil Fuel Energy Use in Buildings by 50% in Four Years and Being Carbon Neutral by 2030:  The 2030 Imperative.

SMART© Standard.  To help achieve this Imperative, AIA and Market Transformation to Sustainability (MTS) are finalizing the EMERGENCY SMART© Sustainable Building Product Standard which substantially reduces dangerous climate change pollution globally.  It covers all of the thousands of products and materials in the whole building environment across the global supply chain.

It is an EMERGENCY National Standard due to the urgent global need to counter long term rapidly rising conventional energy costs, and stop dangerous global climate change within the next 5-10 years before it is irreversible according to NASA, United Kingdom, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

At the September National Public Meeting for the Standard and the SMART© Committee Call, the Standard was fully supported and no changes recommended.  It is the result of four unanimous Ballot votes of leading manufacturers, purchasers/specifiers, and governments.  The following Public Meeting notice was sent repeatedly to over 7,000 people:  http://www.semaphoria.com/email/aia_080106

OFFICIAL BALLOT VOTE.  Please vote on this Draft Consensus Standard by November 10 by filling out the Ballot Form at this link which also contains the Standard, two page summary Scorecard, and backgound:  http://mts.sustainableproducts.com/SMART_Building_Product_Standard.   MTS is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Developer.

Standard Provides Substantial Global Benefits:

      -    100% Reduction of Over 1000 Pollutants covering 12 Environmental Impacts Including Climate Change
      -    100% Use of Green-e Renewable Power
      -    100% Energy Efficiency
      -    100% Post Consumer Recycled or Organic/BMP Biobased Materials
      -    100% Reuse/Product Reclamation
      -    Social Equity Requirements

The SMART© Standard is a Product of Four Years of Consensus Voting.  The Standard is almost identical to the approved SMART© Fabric, Textile, Flooring and Apparel Standards and California Gold Sustainable Carpet Standard adopted by the State for all purchasing, and has thus gone through four years of substantial consensus including four unanimous Ballot Votes.  The City of Chicago is using the California Gold Standard for purchasing and the City of Dallas is using all of these Standards for purchasing.

Thank You for Your Interest in This Very Important Activity Stopping Dangerous Climate Change & Improving Global Sustainability!  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, or MTS at 202-338-3131, MTS@sustainableproducts.com.

Very truly yours,


Phil Harrison,CEO, Perkins+Will
Chairman, SMART© Building Product Committee
Phil.Harrison@perkinswill.com

Ralph Bicknese, Principal, Hellmuth-Bicknese
Vice Chairman, SMART© Building Product Committee
rbicknese@hellmuth-bicknese.com

Eric Corey Freed, President, Organic Architects
Vice Chairman, SMART© Building Product Committee
eric@organicarchitect.com      

Lou Newett, Knoll Environmental Director
Vice Chairman, SMART© Building Product Committee
LNewett@Knoll.com

Michael Bohn, Director, Bosch
Vice Chairman, SMART© Building Product Committee
Michael.Bohn@BSHG.COM

Michi Pena, Chicago General Services Commissioner
Vice Chair, SMART© Building Product Committee
mpena@cityofchicago.org