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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. All credits are optional but not all will apply to every project.

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Opportunities Shine in Community Solar

Green Building Law Update

Motivations vary from concerns over global warming to increasing energy independence, and hedging against rising fuel costs to because it is chick to be green. Advances in solar technology have made photovoltaics a much sought after energy alternative. But community solar appears poised to shine brightly.

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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. All credits are optional but not all will apply to every project.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2009 Rendering

Revit Beginners

Revit 2009 Rendering. Here is me doodling with Revits new rendering engine in 2009. How do you model the roof and ridge roll? How do you model the roof such that the roof tile is all in 3D? If you want to 3d model all the roof tiles there is a shortcut posted on AUGI using sloped glazing. Green Revit.

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PACE Bill Due in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

The concept is not new, but nationally including in Maryland, “residential” PACE programs were put on hold as a result of a directive in 2011 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refrain from purchasing mortgage loans secured by properties with outstanding PACE obligations. Commercial PACE programs are still very new. Maryland is typical.

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Revit Beginners: Journal of Building Information Modeling

Revit Beginners

Journal of Building Information Modeling. Read what some of the industry experts have to say about BIM in the relatively new Journal of Building Information Modeling. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Green Revit. HOK Green BIM. ► 2009. (14). Journal of Building Information Modeling.

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Government Ownership of Rain is Antithetical to Increased Potable Water

Green Building Law Update

The Colorado legislature made clear it was illegal to capture rainwater off of one’s rooftop, as it infringed on the supply of senior water rights holders downstream, when in 2009 the state authorized certain limited exemptions approved by the State Engineer on residential roofs where no municipal water supply is provided.