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LEED is the Tool to Restrict Water Use in This Town

Green Building Law Update

While much attention was given last week to California Governor Jerry Brown’s executive order, in response to that state’s long running drought, seeking to reduce overall water use by 25%, there may be more to be learned from how the small Town of Hampstead in Maryland responded to its own water crisis in 2008.

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Revit Beginners: Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008

Revit Beginners

Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008. Excitech posted a look at the new Revit Architecture 2008. Marathon Drafting. ► 2008. (7). New Features in Revit 2008. Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008. Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008. Thursday, April 05, 2007. David Duarte.

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Revit Beginners: New Features in Revit 2008

Revit Beginners

New Features in Revit 2008. Here is a list of some of the new and perhaps less obvious features in Revit Architecture 2008: Plan Regions are now always visible and easier to find. Marathon Drafting. ► 2008. (7). New Features in Revit 2008. Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008. BIMtroublemaker.

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Revit Beginners: Revit's Drafting Machine

Revit Beginners

Revits Drafting Machine. For those of you who remember using drafting machines mounted to a drafting table youll find a similar tool in Revit. Now any lines or walls that you draft will snap to the gridlines of your workplane. Marathon Drafting. ► 2008. (7). Revit's Drafting Machine.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

Howard County has since 2008 been one of a limited number of jurisdictions across the country with a mandatory LEED green building law for private buildings. SSpc55 credit , but zealots may have preferred the originally drafted version by the American Bird Conservancy?

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Stronger leadership on safety needed at colleges

FDR Safety

A spotlight has been focused on UCLA ever since a horrific lab accident in December 2008 caused the death of a research assistant. ESH staffs rather than the Presidents of colleges and universities draft policies and mission statements. Many colleges have well staffed and competent ESH staffs that seem to be responsible for safety.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

In 2015, the Obama Administration announced a new target to reduce Federal government greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent below 2008 levels by 2025.