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Sustainable Sites Initiative Lawsuit is a Cautionary Tale

Green Building Law Update

In an all-out brawl within the environmental industrial complex, last week the American Society of Landscape Architects filed a lawsuit over the ownership of the trademark for the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) against the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center at the University of Texas. Green Building Council''s LEED rating system.

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem

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Joint public-private sector effort needed to mitigate the construction sector’s embodied carbon problem It's going to take the efforts of government and the private sector to mitigate the climate-damaging problem of embodied carbon, says this building sustainability expert, Brent Trenga.

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The Global Climate Action Summit: A Quick Guide

Stok

stok is excited to join this year’s Global Climate Action Summit in welcoming world leaders to celebrate climate action and inspire greater commitments in support of the Paris Agreement. Sustainability Career Workshop & Resources Fair (Organized by: City College of San Francisco | Sept. Additional Opportunities.

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Proven Job Order Contracting Practices that Drive Improved Construction Outcomes

Job Order Contracting

While the issues of low productivity and associated economic and environmental waste associated with constructing and sustaining built structures has been well documented, education and training relative to existing solutions has been insufficient. multi-party agreement, complete with an Operations Manuals / Execution Guide.

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DPW Job Order Contracting Basic Course – US Army Corps of Engineers

Job Order Contracting

DPW Job Order Contracting Basic course teaches students the basic policies, and procedures for properly executing sustainment, restoration, and modernization (SRM) projects using a Job Order Contracting (JOC) contract applicable to the Directorate of Public Works or a USACE District Office. Purpose: DPW JOB ORDER CONTRACTING BASIC.

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Greenbuild: Designing the Perfect Green People

Green Building Law Update

I was in an education session watching presenter on the LEED materials credits talk about ‘cradle to cradle’ while Bill McDonough (the author of one of the most important environmental manifestos of our time, “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things”) was leaning against the wall in the back of the room.

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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

– A process whereby contractual agreements are designed, bid, and executed between real property owners and construction contractors for renovation, repair, or new construction services for buildings or any form of physical infrastructure. Define Construction Procurement. They also select the construction delivery method.