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ASHRAE 189.1 - 2014 Green Building Standard Is Now Available

Green Building Law Update

Last week the 2014 version of the ASHRAE 189.1 2014, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings , addresses site sustainability; water-use efficiency; energy ef­ficiency; indoor environmental quality; and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources.

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USGBC Certifying Green Parking Garages Déjà Vu

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council announced that its certification body, the Green Business Certification Inc. will now administer the Green Garage Certification Program with its acquisition of the Green Parking Council. Today parking garages for cars and trucks may not pursue LEED certification. Last month the U.S.

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2014 AWARD-WINNING PROJECT: Vandusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre, Vancouver

SAB Magazine

Miscellaneous Canadian Green Building Awards FSC-certified wood geothermal boreholes LEED Platinum certification Living Building Challenge SabMagazine solar photovoltaics Sustainable Architecture and Building Magazine VanDusen Botanical Garden'

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2014 AWARD-WINNING PROJECT: UNBC Bio-Energy Plant, Prince George

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Miscellaneous biomass gasification process Canadian Green Building Awards GIS Douglas fir plywood LEED Platinum certification SabMagazine stormwater management system Sustainable Architecture and Building Magazine UNBC Bio-Energy Plant University of Northern British Columbia'

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The 2014 LEED Buildings-In-Review

SAB Magazine

Miscellaneous CaGBC environmental performance targets LEED certification LEED certified buildings SabMagazine sustainable architecture and building Thomas Mueller' In this supplement, you will see some of the most innovative and well-designed LEED certified buildings in Canada.

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King County Mandates its Green Building be the Greenest, with a Twist

Green Building Law Update

In 2005, Ordinance 15118 required all new County projects with budgets over $250,000 seek the highest LEED certification “that is cost effective based on life cycle cost analysis” and the limits of available funding. The Ordinance will be phased in, by August 1, 2014, after revisions in response to the audit.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0