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ASHRAE releases Legionellosis Standard for fourth public review draft

Contractor Magazine

A fourth version of ASHRAE’s proposed legionellosis standard is open for public comment until November 10, 2014. Best Practices'

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2015 IgCC Has Been Approved

Green Building Law Update

News of the approval has not circulated widely, likely in part because the announcement was a bit cryptic when the ICC press release reported “the 2014 Group C code development cycle results.” Those approved changes from the 2014 code change cycle will be published as the 2015 IgCC. 2014 as an alternate compliance path.

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ICC announces that its two solar thermal standards are out for comment

Contractor Magazine

The first drafts of the ICC 900/SRCC 300 Solar Thermal Systems and ICC 901/SRCC 100 Solar Thermal Collectors Draft Standards have been published for comments and all public comments are due by August 11, 2014. Interested stakeholders are invited to review the drafts and offer comments on each.

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EPA asks for feedback on Energy Star criteria on tubular daylighting devices and skylights

BD+C

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has requested feedback from stakeholders about draft two of the Energy Star tubular daylighting devices (TDD) and revised skylight criteria. EPA plans to incorporate comments on this request into the draft 2 comment responses.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

A 2014 study, conducted by scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and the Fish and Wildlife Service, estimated that between 365 million and 988 million birds are killed in the United States every year as a result of building collisions. Since 1970, the researchers estimated, the North American bird population had declined by roughly 29%.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 RELi was first developed over 5 years ago by the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability and adopted by MTS in 2014, following the ANSI accredited American National Standards procedure.

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DD# 85: Digital Technology Revolution in the Construction Industry

Cassell Construction Estimating

This trend is also reshaping the engineering and construction (E&C) space, where the evolution of design and construction functions has taken a leap forward with the transition from electronic drafting to high-resolution digital modeling (also known as Building Information Modeling or “BIM”). while construction sits at 1%.