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Most Green Buildings Aren’t Actually Carbon-Neutral, Experts Say

Pro Builder

Most Green Buildings Aren’t Actually Carbon-Neutral, Experts Say. Many net zero homes under construction now aren’t even close to being carbon neutral, experts say, but by accounting for embodied carbon in building materials and being accountable for that pollution, builders can raise the bar for green building strategies of the future.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

Building Information Management

BIM is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. Unfortunately, too much emphasis has been placed upon 3-D visualization and other technology components vs. the process of life-cycle management. Consequently, the need for value management emerges. INTRODUCTION.

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King County Mandates its Green Building be the Greenest, with a Twist

Green Building Law Update

All King County, Washington government construction and major renovations must strive to achieve the top national green construction rating under Ordinance 2013-0324 unanimously approved last week by the Metropolitan King County Council. Green building laws generally follow one of three regulatory schemes.

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” Evidence-based ” Life-cycle Federal Facility Management, BIM, and the Status Quo – NIBS, FFC

Building Information Management

Key Topics / Take Aways: Identify and advance technologies, processes, and management practices that improve the performance of federal facilities over their entire life-cycle, from planning to disposal. Requirements for facility life-cycle management, efficient repair/maintenance/sustainability, BIM. Budget call process.

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Choosing Green Building Materials

Green Home Design Architect

There are certainly an abundance of green building materials on the market today. One way is by considering its life cycle: where its raw materials come from, how it is manufactured and what happens during the manufacturing process, and where the product ends up. How do you determine which one is better than the other?

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Build Beyond Zero

Natural Building

Chris Magwood at the Green Building Show in Toronto. They matter now when we have a carbon budget, a ceiling which we can’t blow through without blowing the 1.5 So forget about life cycle analyses, we don’t have time; the front end matters most. . Lloyd Alter. The second big whoops!

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The future of sustainable and affordable housing

Lets Build

As a matter of fact, even though sustainable homes are more expensive to build, they are seen as an investment because they optimize the life cycle of the house, they tend to increase the property value and the energy consumption in the house gets minimized. Read also: What is Green Construction. Construction Material.