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Parking structures group launches LEED-type program for parking garages

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Responding to the growing desire for more livable communities and rising concern about our planet, the Green Parking Council (GPC), an affiliate of the International Parking Institute (IPI), launched the Green Garage Certification program. The program is the parking industry equivalent of the U.S.

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10 green building trends for 2014

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As one of the world''s leading green building consultants, keynote speakers and authors, Jerry Yudelson thinks he knows the answers. He offers his green building mega-trends for 2014: read more.

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Top 10 green building products for 2014

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The winners were featured over a live BuildingGreen webcast and will be presented at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild convention in Philadelphia on Thursday, November 21. Body Image: read more.

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LEED v4 gets green light, will launch this fall

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This includes 90 percent approval from the user category of the voting body, 77 percent approval from the general interest category and 89 percent approval from the producer category.

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New designation launched to streamline LEED review process

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Green Building Council (USGBC) and GBCI. “It It allows GBCI to deliver faster reviews of LEED projects while still maintaining the integrity of the LEED certification process.”

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LEAN Job Order Contracting Best Management Practices

Job Order Contracting

Job order contracting has proven to be a robust way for owners to efficiently manage their numerous and ongoing renovation, repair, and minor new construction projects, a major project for most. For most real property owners in the public sector, this basically means virtually all repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects.

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What you missed last week: Architecture billings up again; record year for hotel renovations; nation's most expensive real estate markets

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BD+C ''s roundup of the top construction market news for the week of August 18 includes the latest architecture billings index from AIA and a BOMA study on the nation''s most and least expensive commercial real estate markets.

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