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Green House Color Schemes | Things To Know When Choosing Green Siding Colors | What About Landscaping For a Green Colored House | Best Green House Color Schemes

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Introduction of Green House Color Schemes Are you tired of looking for green color houses? Are you stressing over what green combination you should choose for your house? Are you looking for some green siding color suggestions? Interior colors are important for making an impression of your house.

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Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable

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Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable. Profiles of three outstanding affordable housing projects recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council in its LEED Homes Awards. The Arroyo LEED Platinum Affordable Housing. is a 100% affordable housing project for families. Advertisement.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

As you consider what’s “in” and what’s “out” in 2017, within the realm of green building, Passive House is in. This “passive” approach, in contrast with active systems based on a constant supply of conditioned air by HVAC systems is the basis of Passive House. Governments in North America are beginning to drive Passive House.

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California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007.

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Low Carbon Concrete for the First Time Required by Law

Green Building Law Update

Current green building programs actually encourage the use of concrete. The Marin County, California Low Carbon Concrete Code was the first in the nation to address the negative environmental externalities of concrete when it added a mandatory low carbon concrete specification to the Marin County Building Code.

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South Miami Poised to Mandate Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

The proposed requirement is a first anywhere except in California where there are only a very few locales with a similar mandate. The ordinance is modeled after similar laws enacted in the California municipalities of Lancaster, Sebastopol, and Santa Monica, and the City of San Francisco.

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction

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Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction. About 15 years ago, the California-based builder Wathen Castanos Homes agreed to be a “guinea pig” for testing the construction of a single home using prefabricated wall panels made by a supplier in Nevada. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 14:02. John Caulfield, Contributing Editor.

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