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Rhode Island goes for LEED for Neighborhood Development and SITES

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Last week the House and Senate passed S952 , legislation introduced on June 8, 2017, amending the Green Buildings Act by adding to the definition of public projects, that had regulated new construction or major renovations of buildings, now expanded to include a public building’s “public real property site.”

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You Can Participate in Updating the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

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Preparations for the development of the 2015 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard are underway and there are opportunities for you to participate. The 2015 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard will be the third iteration of this residential code. For details and to RSVP.

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Is the 2018 IgCC Doomed to Fail?

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Last week the ICC and ASHRAE issued joint news releases on the status of the “unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification” that will be published as the 2018 version of the International Green Construction Code. to green building has been dramatic. will be green.

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The Drone Age

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The six sites were tasked by the FAA with conducting “critical research into the certification and operational requirements necessary to safely integrate UAS into the national airspace in the next several years.” For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the dawning of the Drone Age can’t come soon enough.

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

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For purposes of this blog post highlighting the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, that new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version, which last version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted. so there was room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC. Sec 901.4.1.4.

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Path Cleared To Decommissioning And Site Restoration Of Vermont Yankee

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million in clean energy development support for Windham County and elsewhere, as well as a transitional $5 million payment to the State for calendar year 2015. New England Vermont Blog-Dec-2013 Entergy VY Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Windham County'

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2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive

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For purposes of this blog post highlighting some of the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, the new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version (which later version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted). So there is room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC. Sec 901.4.1.4.

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