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Army Abandons LEED Certification

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Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. The Army is abandoning LEED certification. Less than one month later, the Army has announced it is abandoning LEED certification. in lieu of pursuing LEED certification.

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Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously

Green Building Law Update

The change is significant for buildings pursuing LEED or Green Globes certification, for buildings with GSA or other government space leases tied to an ENERGY STAR score of 75, for buildings in cities with mandatory benchmarking, and for the more than 450,000 commercial properties that have an ENERGY STAR score.

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Net Zero Certification Program Announced by USGBC

Green Building Law Update

There is no doubt that the newly announced LEED net zero certification program is aspirational. USGBC announced last week that it will be unveiling the Beta version of a new Net Zero Certification program at Greenbuild in November. Net Zero Carbon Emissions Certification: Projects must achieve a carbon balance of zero.

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Legal Documents Required for Purchase of Property

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Also Read, 10 Principles of Architecture | What Is Architecture | Why Need Design Principles in Architecture. Commencement Certificate. documents are required when you are buying any in production from a designer, and a commencement certificate is the way of papers and things to verify before purchasing a property or land.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Tennessee Initiates Site Certification Program

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According to Kendrick Curtis, Technical Program Director of the ECD, “The program is designed to be an industry standard for site preparedness. A clear path to acquiring or leasing the property must be identified and documented. The program is not designed to favor sites in one setting over sites in another. Furthermore, Gov.

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Path to Net Zero: A Guide to Carbon Offsets

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While reducing embodied carbon , implementing energy efficient design, and transitioning to renewable energy are all sound approaches, some are more nuanced to tackle than others. When deciding how long the carbon offsets should last or account for, a common default is the number of years your building or lease will be in operation.

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M&V, MBCx, WTF: Building Performance Monitoring as a Means to Achieve Decarbonization Goals

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For context, we acknowledge that LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) has popularized the pursuit of M&V, MBCx, and advanced energy metering, which has only driven the industry toward capturing real-time, meaningful data on assets. Design] Develop a monitoring strategy and plan.