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Vicki Worden on the New Green Globes and Her Commitment to the Mission

Green Building Law Update

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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Webinar on Demand: The New American Home 2023, High-Performance Features

Pro Builder

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., This year's home in Henderson, Nev.,

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20 Unique Construction Marketing Ideas

Lets Build

Coming up with a bunch of different ideas on how to proceed, it can be tricky but there’s no need to worry. We have gathered below twenty unique construction marketing ideas in order to help you step up your marketing effort : 1. Think green and red for Christmas or red, white, and blue for the 4th of July. Human Touch.

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Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But.

Green Building Law Update

Some consultants are already advertising they will use the new standard, but such is premature because the new standard does not currently meet the requirements to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, and that will only happen in the future after EPA approval. 9601) and petroleum products.”. yes, this blog will continue).

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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

Their ideas never scaled and much of their work was transferred to the Green Building Certification Inc., That said, focusing on waste alone is a very much last millennium idea involving only one late stage of life cycle analysis at a time when doing less harm is not good enough for most companies. yes, this blog will continue).

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Green Buildings Contribute To Our Well-Being

Natural Building

We know that green buildings help the environment, but they also help us feel better. Toyin-Ann Yerifor is an architectural consultant who has been an advocate for both green living and holistic architectural design. Good ventilation is essential for creating a green building with a small carbon footprint.

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A Call for Comprehensive and Clearer ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

While the idea of ESG began in 2004 with a United Nations initiative to influence capital in non Western markets, in 2021 the legal and political institutions in the United States and the EU are demanding those ideas be implementing with due haste.