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Is the 2018 IgCC Doomed to Fail?

Green Building Law Update

Last week the ICC and ASHRAE issued joint news releases on the status of the “unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification” that will be published as the 2018 version of the International Green Construction Code. will become the 2018 version of the IgCC, due to be published in summer 2018.Significantly,

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

BD+C

The new Specialized Opt-In will require passive house certification for all multifamily buildings larger than 12,000 sf. We are excited to help our progressive and ambitious client to target Passive House International certification. A thermal bridge acts as a conductor between the building and the environment.

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Resilient Flooring: The sustainable specification

Construction Specifier

Is the goal to achieve certification from a green building rating system? • was founded in 1995 to, among other things, promote voluntary product and industry programs that support safe, healthy, and sustainable environments. FloorScore certification for indoor environmental quality. .

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The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings: Why It Matters

Stok

In a white paper on The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings, set to be publicly available in September 2018, stok argues that the seemingly intangible occupant impacts of the built environment are quantifiable from a bottom line perspective. Today, the foundation of the U.S. In the 1970s, the U.S.

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USGBC Wants You to Comment on the Next Version of LEED

Green Building Law Update

This may also be an ideal time to comment given the 2017 announcement that the technical content “in the 2018 IgCC powered by 189.1,”. could become the foundation of LEED certification. Many see diametrically opposed views on the environment shaping different visions for the future of LEED.

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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

Stok

This could potentially be incentivized by baking it into recycling facility certification requirements. CoreNet Global Summit 2018 | Boston, MA. #4: stok Founder Matt Macko accepted the CoreNet 2018 Sustainable Leadership Award on behalf of NRDC for the LEED Gold and Living Building Challenge Petal certified NRDC San Francisco office.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An Louisiana, no.