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Essential Reasons Why Everyone Should Be Certified in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a certification that aids in improving building performance and reduces the impact on the environment. LEED certification verification means a building has been designed and constructed using strategies to improve performance across all metrics under LEED’s five main categories.

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Meet BREEAM, America’s Newest Green Building Certification

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If you work in construction, you’re most likely familiar with LEED certification, the green building standard that many building owners aim to achieve. The BREEAM certification process was developed in 1990 and uses a rating system to assess building sustainability in a variety of categories. How BREEAM Certification Works.

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design

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4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. In Philadelphia, the new baggage claim building received LEED® Gold Certification.

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects

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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:22 Sustainability Stantec's Brett Lambert, Principal of Architecture and Passive House Certified Consultant, uses the Northland Newton Development project to guide designers with eight tips for designing multifamily passive house projects.

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Army Abandons LEED Certification

Green Building Law Update

Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. The Army is abandoning LEED certification. Less than one month later, the Army has announced it is abandoning LEED certification. in lieu of pursuing LEED certification.

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St. Petersburg is Bold in Mandating Envision

Green Building Law Update

Petersburg, Florida passed a progressive ordinance last week mandating that City infrastructure projects and newly constructed and renovated City building be third party certified as green. We know of no other government has gone as far in mandating Envision certification. Petersburg is bold in mandating Envision certification.

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USGBC: Free LEED certification for projects in new markets

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Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building program, announced today a new campaign offering free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in the 112 countries where LEED has yet to take root.