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~- <br />~~ <br />a. ; <br />~ K. ~ t ,~ ' r LiJi.I~ji~i ~ fi ':. t ~ "F;,"+"~ ~ ~ ;.,~ ~-•'t - ,~.'~~: ~ r j +! ~~ ,t,; ' ~ .. <br />! PIIOt Pr'Ogx'am . . . . <br />~ <br />. <br />, <br />.. , f.., <br />. ... _ . ..,~ <br />. . . . £ .;: . . ~: : , .. <br />~4 , - .~ ,.; Memarandum~ o~ Unders#anding T ~;~~. ~ . ~, <br />. . ~. ; ,: ~: . , <br />::-, . <br />~~ ., <br />. . _. .~ ., . .. . : ~ . . _; . , . :. .:, <br />~ between . . <br />. U.S. Green Building Cowacil _ " <br />8~ . . <br />LEEDTM Pilot'Partner <br />I. Common Agree~ments , arid Principles ~~~~ - <br />A. This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOIJ'~ is a voluntary agreement between the U.S. <br />Gnen Bw'lding Coim~7 ("USGBG°~ aad the LEEDTx P~ot Partaer ("the Par~ee~, by which the <br />Partnea participates ia the I~ED'~~ Pilot Program ("the Program'~. ~ . ~ <br />B. USGBG'a~d the Parta~r 88~:~ d~ p~p+a~ose of t]~e Program ia to .e~oourage U.S. . <br />bu~ding o~vnr,~s and dcvelopr~s ~o adapt a gxr,ea bm~din8 aPPro~c~, m ordrr to sustaia site. . <br />aology, imProve ~y ~e~Y. ~~ ~"~ ~ indoo~ eaviroz~meat~ a~d canserve <br />'~` :~,.~ ` mataiats.l~o Prograa~ will evaloabe and fino-UuLe ~he LB~D Cmrn~Bm~g gs~8 ~~z,c ~;. <br />. uader dev~lo~meat by TJSGBC, bymeasu~g adual P='oJ~s a8ainst the ratia8 aystGm•aad: ~'- ~= <br />~ assessing the nsab~ i t y of the s y s ti a n aad its too l s. The Program will include both built projects <br />~ and those still in the design pii~se . ~ . . . ~ ~ _ ~ . <br />C. ~JSGBC and the Paria~r agroe tbat the desi8n aa~d 'msqll~tion of grxai building f~ caa <br />improve ooonomic aad. amii~o~nme~al perFormanca. The P~s participation ia and <br />commitmGnt to the Progra~n~ damons~tes the Paur~er's canertri for the environment and~ the <br />vitality of the fi~ee enteiprise sYsbGtn in r~u~g costs and achieving environmental goals without <br />govemmental regtilation . <br />D. USGBC and the Pa~ner agree that maintaining public confidence in the cr~di'bility of the <br />LEED C~een Building Rating SystemT~ is critical to achieving the principles stated above. <br />. „ <br />E. Cnvwant Not to Sue: The USGBC ~d the bu~diag owner hereby mutually (1) agcee aad . <br />caven~nt ~~to sne, aa~d (2~ waive and ~~~each`o~het; at~d ~a~sta~ offioe~;~igents,.an~d . <br />1Kembers, f~arn aay and a11 clai~°.de~ and ca~ ~f ~ction ~for any'mjury to individuals or <br />P~P~Y. ~~~~~3-~nnd~ali ~5n~ial,~oss orooon~ic. • . . <br />, , da~na8~es ~ns~nat~~'rom~~nd all~~ - ~ . <br />activitics arising ~rom ~or relating ~o thc LB~ED Pilbt~Ctivity and ~lus ~6~tOU ~ `~' ~ . ~ ;~ _ . : -- <br />Page ~ <br />