Fossil fuel ban and GHG emissions reduction
Green Star·clause 15D.3.2·p.176
Klar Cite’s name for this clause. The publisher’s own heading may not be shown.
The requirement
Green Star Design & As Built Submission Guidelines (v1.3, as downloaded 2026) clause 15D.3.2 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The held copy is a single-user licence and does not extend to republishing its clauses.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words
Addresses: fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas reductions
written by a model, checked against the clause
What the product must meet
- Exemptions
- Where a minor amount of fossil fuel (less than 1%) is used on site for purposes where it can be demonstrated that there are no commercial alternatives, Renewable Energy Certificates equal to these emissions for the period of ten years following practical completion must be purchased and retired upfront.
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Applicant declares — a signed statement from the applicant
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Climate Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Green Star · Green Star Design & As Built Submission Guidelines (v1.3, as downloaded 2026) · version v1.3 · clause 15D.3.2 · page 176 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/58db966ace25744c
Record details
Page 176. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid 58db966ace25744c · document 7ab8c8a2e0bda472 · fidelity close quote · published 2019-09