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The New and Improved 2020 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

The 2020 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now available for free download and public use. As of April 1, 2020, more than 216,000 residential dwellings have been certified to the NGBS through NGBS Green, the third-party certification program administered by Home Innovation Research Labs.

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

Stok

Most high-performance building certifications and city codes use ASHRAE and ICC’s building codes to define energy performance requirements within their rating systems. On the cusp of adoption on January 1, 2020, the 2019 version of Title-24 gives us a sneak peek at the road map for building energy codes in the coming years.

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Homes LEEDing the Way to Sustainability and Resiliency

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Homes LEEDing the Way to Sustainability and Resiliency. Tue, 09/01/2020 - 07:00. Green Building Council's 2020 LEED Homes Awards for single-family residential projects. These are the single-family homes USGBC deemed outstanding in 2020. More 2020 LEED Homes Awards winners: Outstanding affordable projects.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

As such, the bill retroactively allows qualified conservation that was completed in a forest mitigation bank on or before December 31, 2020, to be used, under both State and local forest conservation programs. The bill provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly that at least 500,000 of those trees be planted in underserved areas.

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Tapping LA’s Rooftop Solar Potential Could Benefit City’s Most Disadvantaged Communities

Business Facilities

The report finds that expanding the program to 600 megawatts will help Los Angeles achieve a state mandate to generate a third of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. Conservation Corps’ Green Job Training Program and Empower America’s training program for veterans with Solar Provider Group.

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Top 10 Water Tank Brands in India

CivilJungle

Our long lasting and smart solutions coupled with state of the art technology provides sustainable and convenient solutions. Our product line has been enhanced over decades and provides efficient, sustainable, and innovative water management solutions by leveraging local and global knowledge continuously. Important Achieved.

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The Wild West of Solar Renewable Energy Credits

Green Building Law Update

Currently being phased in, the law requires that 2% of the energy come from solar-photovoltaic by 2020. In order to begin producing SRECs, a solar installation owner must apply for a one time certification from the Maryland Public Service Commission. REC SREC Sustainability credits energy renewable solar'

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