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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. million existing commercial buildings in the United States today. million existing commercial buildings. greater than 80% exist in rented space within those existing commercial buildings. There are more than 5.6

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Arlington County is the First to Adopt Incentives Tied to LEED Version 4

Green Building Law Update

While hundreds of governments throughout the United States have adopted programs incentivizing green building, many tied to the LEED rating system, Arlington County, Virginia is the first to tie incentives specifically to the new LEED version 4. floor area ratio (FAR) bonus density in exchange for obtaining a LEED Silver certification.

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Pennsylvania is First State to offer Tax Credit for Passive House

Green Building Law Update

At construction completion, all third party test results and verifications required by Passive House, including blower door testing and commissioning reports, are submitted to the state and the project must be Passive House “certifiable.”

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Top 10 Construction Companies in the USA

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Construction is one of the biggest and fastest-growing sectors and a great contributor to the economical development of the United States of America. The United States of America is known for the largest construction market in all over the world. Jacobs engineering group has headquartered in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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FM Global Ranks Nations By Supply Chain Resilience

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The first-of-its-kind Index, commissioned by FM Global, is an online, data-driven tool and repository ranking the business resilience of 130 countries. More than a year in development, the Index is designed to help executives assess and manage supply chain risk. . All three regions of the U.S.

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COBIE Guide Released for Public Comment – July 2012

Building Information Management

COBie, the Construction-Operations Building information exchange, is the United States standard for the exchange of information related to manage building assets. There are over twenty commercial off the shelf software products that support COBie. COBie_Guide_-_Public_Release_1. 1 INTRODUCTION.

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COBIE Guide Released for Public Comment – July 2012

Building Information Management

COBie, the Construction-Operations Building information exchange, is the United States standard for the exchange of information related to manage building assets. There are over twenty commercial off the shelf software products that support COBie. COBie_Guide_-_Public_Release_1. 1 INTRODUCTION.