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Persimmon invests in modular house builder TopHat

Construction Enquirer

Modular house builder TopHat has raised £70m from new and existing shareholders as it prepares to open Europe’s largest modular housing factory to manufacture up to 4,000 ultra low-carbon homes a year. House builder Persimmon and institutional investor Aviva have each made a substantial investment in volumetric modular house builder.

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Can the EDGE Green Building System Save the Planet?

Green Building Law Update

EDGE, the acronym for “Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies” is a green building certification system for new residential and commercial buildings in emerging markets and developing countries. The photograph above from a popular tea house in Dingboche, Nepal depicts that LEED type notions of interior water use reduction (e.g.,

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BoA, USGBC to offer $25,000 grants for green affordable housing projects

BD+C

Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced the opening of the application period for the expanded 2014 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program.

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USGBC, Bank of America name recipients of 2014 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program

BD+C

Green Building Council (USGBC) and Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced today the 11 projects selected for the 2014 Affordable Green Neighborhoods (AGN) grant program. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers'

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Can the EDGE Green Building System Save the Planet?

Green Building Law Update

EDGE, the acronym for “Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies” is a green building certification system for new residential and commercial buildings in emerging markets and developing countries. The photograph above from a popular tea house in Dingboche, Nepal depicts that LEED type notions of interior water use reduction (e.g.,

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The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation - Baltimore?

Green Building Law Update

Baltimore City is poised to adopt a new zoning code that is among the most ''green building friendly'' land use ordinances in the country. A green building friendly zoning ordinance is significant when so many local codes including land use ordinances across the country stand in the way of sustainability efforts.

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The Importance of Valves in Green Building

Constructonomics

It turned out that I should have been afraid of the house, though! The house was another matter altogether. My friend failed to explain exactly what she meant when she said she lived in a green house. I was thinking shades of green, not 20 watt light bulbs and a gravitational water supply that trickled at best.

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