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GSA Reviews more than 100 Green Building Systems and Selects 5

Green Building Law Update

The last review, in 2012, shook the green building industrial complex to its foundations, when it not only recommended LEED (that had previously been the sole option), but also recommended Green Globes. Green Globes, version 2013. BREEAM In-Use USA, version 2016. LEED, version 4.0. Living Building Challenge, version 3.1.

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What Is Building | Types of Building

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A building is a structure that consists of a roof, floor, walls, foundations, door, windows, etc. It uses large poles or posts buried in the ground or on a foundation to provide the vertical structural support, along with girts to provide horizontal support. Green Building Council (USGBC). What Is Building?