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USGBC Making Significant Change to LEED 2009

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council has just announced that all new projects registering for LEED 2009 beginning on April 8, 2016 will need to satisfy increased minimum energy performance thresholds. 2007 (with errata but without addenda 25) using a computer simulation model for the whole building project.

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Will Proposed Change to LEED 2009 Kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs?

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council is soliciting comments on its proposal to change the prerequisites of the current LEED 2009 rating system increasing the minimum energy performance thresholds. That extension from June 27, 2015, the original date LEED 2009 registration was to close, was occasioned by the delay in LEED v4.

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Carole Wedge, former Shepley Bulfinch President and CEO, retires after 37 years

BD+C

Carole Wedge, former Shepley Bulfinch President and CEO, retires after 37 years 0 qpurcell Wed, 04/05/2023 - 10:51 Women in Design+Construction Wedge’s 37-year career at Shepley Bulfinch evolved a historic firm into a national design practice. in 2019, and Durham, N.C.,

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

SITES is modeled after the LEED green building rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., Green Building Council. SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system. SITES v2 provides four certification levels.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Furthermore, of this 5%, most of the applications have not leveraged, or even been designed to leverage the full valued of Lean. Bayfield & Roberts, 2005, Hook & Stehn, 2008, Howell, 1999, McGrath-Champ & Rosewarne, 2009). Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. Lean Construction Journal 2(2), 22-50.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Green Building. The Business of Construction Risk Management » The Fundamentals of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Building Information Modeling (BIM) is no different. Drawings have been used by designers for centuries to communicate ideas to the construction trades. Modeling & Design.

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

Green Building Law Update

SITES is modeled after the LEED green building rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., Green Building Council. SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system. SITES v2 provides four certification levels.

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