Construction Specifier

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When specifying flooring, one should consider both sustainability and performance. Both are affected by the material science that goes into the product: How are they constructed? Where do the materials come from that make these products? Even sustainably made floors must be installed correctly. It is such a waste.

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Construction Specifier

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

By Richard Martens Sustainability is a complex topic in all fields; every initiative seeking to improve sustainability brings both improvements and setbacks. Within modern construction, there is an exception to the inherent complexity of sustainability comparisons. Photos courtesy Sto Corp. Construction is no different.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2012

Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. Read more here: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED. We have entered a new era of green building policy. The Army is abandoning LEED certification.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 6, 2015

The exciting news in residential green building is that the Federal National Mortgage Association, commonly known as Fannie Mae, is providing incentives, including lower interest rates for multifamily properties with a green building certification. Green Communities, Enterprise Community Partners.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2017

FITWEL, a cost effective, high impact, health promoting building certification, may be the best thing since sliced bread. The well being of building occupants is increasingly being described as the number one driver of sustainability. The aims for a sustainable buildings have shifted in the U.S. In the in the U.S.

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GCP Applied Technologies

OCTOBER 20, 2022

government is investing $300 billion to update building codes and support sustainable construction, and expanding tax credits as incentives for energy-efficient construction. Our specialty building materials portfolio, includes below-grade, on-grade, and above-grade waterproofing products, in addition to air barriers. Contact Us. .

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Smaller, Sustainable, and Stylish: The New American Home 2022. 4,646 square feet of living space, multiple flex spaces, indoor-outdoor design, and is expected to achieve net-zero status and Emerald-level National Green Building Standard certification, according to NAHBNow. Mon, 12/27/2021 - 10:15. The 2022 home has ??4,646

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Pro Builder

APRIL 3, 2023

You'll learn about how the design-build team collaborated with green building experts to achieve Emerald-level National Green Building Standard certification for the home by integrating products, systems, and best practices. This year's home in Henderson, Nev.,

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Architects Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Green Specifications Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Materials Green Green Building Products' Today, the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 2, 2012

In last week's post, I stated that the Army was abandoning LEED certification in lieu of a green building code based on ASHRAE 189.1. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1,

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SAB Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The SABMag Canadian Green Directory for Sustainable Design and Green Building is intended to help design and building professionals find products and services relevant to their building projects. LEED certification is granted only for an entire project, not for individual products or building systems.

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CivilJungle

JUNE 23, 2021

Introduction of Construction Certifications . Certification can be a huge addition to a construction worker’s resume, as it tells an employer that you’re serious about keeping your qualifications and experience updated. Beyond the possible career development opportunities, certifications are needed in certain cases.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2013

In an effort to accelerate sustainable development around the world, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building program, announced today a new campaign offering free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in the 112 countries where LEED has yet to take root.

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Construction Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

Construction businesses should rethink their processes, increase productivity, and deliver projects with extraordinary accuracy and speed by embracing cutting-edge solutions. These tools facilitate real-time collaboration, decision-making, and information exchange, increasing productivity and reducing project delays.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Green Building Standard was published and became available for use. is an alternative compliance option of the International Green Construction Code. Site Sustainability : All site requirements are now mandatory, with prescriptive and performance options moved to the mandatory requirements. ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1-2014,

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Game of Thrones. This was supposed to be the year of the USGBC's new green building rating system, LEED 2012. The USGBC long ago selected FSC wood as the anointed certification for wood products.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

In a widely accepted definition, Zero Waste is, The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”. yes, this blog will continue).

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

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.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Possibly more accurately stated, this is a report on the state of the LEED green building rating system. Green Building Council. Last week Greenbuild was like drinking from a fire hose, being inundated with enormous amounts of information about all that is going on with green building. The state of LEED is strong.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 18, 2015

I had an opportunity some days ago to speak at length with Vicki Worden, the Executive Director of Green Building Initiative. Readers of this blog will be interested in what this thought leader in the green building movement has to say. All of which gives her street cred in the green building industrial complex.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2015

Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. By Jacqueline Lusk and Stuart Kaplow. one or two family dwellings, etc.). This delay in effective date is a big deal.

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

To lower the demand on the timber industry and reduce the amount of lumber used, builders may look toward sustainable timber, such as SFI- and FSC-certified lumber. Chapter 6 Resource Efficiency – 2(2) “At least 2 responsible or certified wood-based products are used as major components of the building.” 3 points available for 601.2(1),

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Contractor Magazine

JULY 24, 2012

Green Geothermal. Green Mechanical Awards. Home > Radiant > Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. Superior Radiant Products Ltd. STONEY CREEK, ONT -- Superior Radiant Products Ltd. Wastewater.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. The launch of RELi 2.0

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Construction Specifier

MARCH 12, 2021

A high-performance building is one that “integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy efficiency, durability, life-cycle performance, and occupant productivity.” Several green building rating systems are steering the demand for transparency, such as LEED v4 and v4.1, WELL v2, and LBC v3.1

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. The launch of RELi 2.0

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The Green Building Initiative™ (GBI) announced that between Feb. 13 and April 15 it will provide free access to its online certification course for Green Globes Professionals™ (GGPs). GGPs help guide building projects in achieving Green Globes® ratings, awarded for environmentally-focused design and construction.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 2, 2015

Georgia General Assembly House Bill 255 is proof that the “wood wars” surrounding the LEED green building rating system continue to be waged. To receive the credit, a project must use “at least 25%, by cost, of the total value of permanently installed building products.” It is unlikely that the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

The fast growing cannabis business could benefit from a voluntary certification system that producers could participate in to show consumers that they employ environmental best practices. Verdant Check has created a set of protocols for cannabis production. But the U.S.

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Natural Building

APRIL 12, 2012

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. April 12, 2012.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Trillion reported their environmental, social and governance information to Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). A relative newcomer, the GRESB real estate assessment is becoming recognized as the global standard for portfolio level sustainability reporting in the real estate sector. Green Building Council.

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Natural Building

JULY 21, 2009

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. July 21, 2009.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 18, 2021

With that, the 4,390-square-foot house achieved the highest levels of certification from a who's who of green building programs, most notably the National Green Building Standard (NGBS), Energy Star , and the Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor airPLUS program. Sign of the Times: The New American Home 2021.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 26, 2014

Much has changed, but much has remained the same, in the arena of green building law mandates since March 18,2002, when the city of Normal, Illinois enacted Ordinance 4825, the first ever mandatory green building law, requiring LEED certification in the Central Business District for public or private new construction of over 7,500 square feet.

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Stok

JUNE 25, 2020

GPR began in California and is the state’s leading residential green building rating system with over 73,500 rated homes. Build It Green, the organization that administers GreenPoint Rated, has yet to release a national green standards comparison. Certification process. Pricing and value.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

million Academic Building designed by SchenkelShultz Architecture achieved the 3 Green Globes certification presented by The Green Building Initiative. Valencia College at Lake Nona’s innovative new $21.7 read more.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 16, 2016

The word is “organic” as it relates to non-agricultural products is the topic of the October 20, 2016, roundtable sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. If a business makes environmental claims in its ads or on its products or in its building, the Federal government offers guidance through the FTC’s Green Guides.

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