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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 By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 not RELi’s 500 year storm).

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

The drafting process was widely criticized resulting in a document that has never been enacted anywhere, and likely should not ever be adopted as code. The remainder of the code is the substantive content that is the 2017 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC Standard 189.1 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1

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Deadline to Propose Changes to National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

As part of that development process, individuals and groups have been invited to propose changes to the 2015 edition of the NGBS submit proposed changes to the NGBS online by March 1, 2017. To appreciate the very large impact that the military has on the real estate industry, it is budgeted to spend more than $20 Billion on housing in 2017.

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2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive

Green Building Law Update

The remainder of the code is the substantive content that is the 2017 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC Standard 189.1 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

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LEED v4.1 Announced by USGBC at Greenbuild

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council was no doubt the biggest story at Greenbuild 2017 in Boston last week. can be accomplished on this short timeline because it is being tasked to the same leadership and team that drafted v4. There are also changes proposed in the Sustainable Sites category. We suggest this is what innovation looks like.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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• Collaborator and co-author for award-winning project in the 2017 Global LafargeHolcim Awards. Secret Life • On his desk are the drafting tools his grandfather used to hand-draw the homes he built • Solid wilderness navigator when armed with a compass and topographic map • Purdue graduate who is an Ohio State football fan. . . .

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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The Ben Franklin Technology Center of Central and Northern Pennsylvania was awarded a $750,000 Discovered in PA—Developed in PA (D2PA) grant to support the Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization project. The company estimates the line will be in service in 2017, with construction beginning next year in O’Brien County.