article thumbnail

Coating for sustainability

Construction Specifier

When the project team decided to go green during construction, high-performance coatings might not be the first thing on their minds, but maybe they should be. So, the core goal of most industrial coatings is sustainability. All images courtesy Tnemec Company, Inc. by Jennifer Gleisberg, CSI, CDT. LEED and LBC. Regional Priority.

article thumbnail

Green Development & Sustainability: Letting The Sunshine In

Business Facilities

As states are racing to be among the leaders powered 100-percent by renewable energy, industrial giants like Samsung are pledging to join them in adopting this gold standard for sustainability at their manufacturing plants. Read: Green Development & Sustainability: Letting The Sunshine In at BusinessFacilities.com.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Dunkin' Donuts Green is a Hot Trend in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

While you were busy enjoying their new “Cronut” croissant donuts, earlier this month Dunkin’ Donuts announced the goal of 100 new DD Green™ certified restaurants by year end 2016. DD Green is a green building certification program that will assist franchisees build sustainable, energy efficient restaurants.

Green 120
article thumbnail

ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords

Green Building Law Update

Carbon reporting will be required by organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in supplying a product or service in California. LEED, Green Globes and other third party verified green building rating systems provide certainty able to satisfy the E (environmental) in ESG for many organizations.

article thumbnail

Straw Bale Houses in Southern California

Natural Building

Rebecca Tasker, with a crew of apprentices, is building two straw bale houses near Escondido, California. People like sustainability,” Tasker said. Another sustainable feature of the houses will be a rainwater capture system that will collect 600 gallons for every inch of rain. So the building project is also a teaching site.

article thumbnail

California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007.

Modeling 120
article thumbnail

LEED can Help Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that with green building practices companies can mitigate their legal risk while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for more disclosure. Make no mistake, there is no U.S. Recent U.S. Such offers no good guidance for U.S. best practices.

Legal 256