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With the recent EXPERT'S CORNER submission from Jeff Eassa, I would be curious to know if anyone has had installation failures attributed to the use of 1/16th grout lines.

For a large number of products that possess sustainable/green characteristics, there is an almost identical product that lacks these same attributes.  It has gotten better lately, but am curious to know if anyone has recently encountered a situation in which they thought they were specifying a "green" product, only to later find out that they got a non-green or less-green version of the product because they were never aware of the need to spec out the product carefully.  If you have had a recent experience like this, perhaps you could share it with us to save some pain for someone else.

Architects, such as Gavin Daniels of Wingate Hughes has detailed the inclusion of a "mud room" space that would allow for change of footwear and handwashing stations before entering the main office. 

We would be curious to know if the community thinks that if there might be other changes to the work place that should/could be implemented going forward.

Obtaining the rapidly renewable material credit for LEED, can be tricky.  To obtain the credit you generally need a sufficient amount of the material to be used in order to qualify for the credit...