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GRESB is Huge with $2.3 Trillion in Real Estate so Follow the Money

Green Building Law Update

Trillion reported their environmental, social and governance information to Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). A relative newcomer, the GRESB real estate assessment is becoming recognized as the global standard for portfolio level sustainability reporting in the real estate sector. REITs in total participated.

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Why the D.C. Green Building Act is Fundamentally Flawed and a Solution

Green Building Law Update

Because the GBA requires all buildings to obtain LEED certification, it functions as a quasi building code. In other words, LEED certification is a minimum requirement, the very definition of a so-called "floor." A LEED mandate is not a ceiling. Rather, a LEED mandate is a floor. The Solution.

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LEED Prerequisite Now Prohibits Smoking Cannabis

Green Building Law Update

Does it promote sustainability focused practices in the building industry? In accordance with the GBCI Certification Agreement because “. Many have questioned why USGBC would announce such an interpretation that has been likened to this year’s trend of redefining motherhood versus last year’s redefining masculinity?

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GBCI Changed its Name and You Need to Change Your Documents

Green Building Law Update

GBCI, formerly known as the Green Building Certification Institute, has changed its name to Green Business Certification Inc. GBCI administers project certifications and professional credentials within the U.S. “a structure that has achieved, as certified by Green Business Certification Inc.,

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ASSE to Join IAPMO Pending Vote - Contractor Magazine

Contractor Magazine

Founded in 1906 by the District of Columbia’s Chief Plumbing Inspector, Henry B. Through its various business units, The IAPMO Group participates worldwide in product testing and certification, codes and standards development, and education, training and personnel certification. 17, in Philadelphia. by Robert Mader.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Phil Wirdzek is the founding president and executive director of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL). 1:30 – 3:00 PM Construction – Operations Integration. from Stanford University.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

Steve received his Certificate of Management – Building Information Modeling from the AGC in 2011. Phil Wirdzek is the founding president and executive director of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL). 1:30 – 3:00 PM Construction – Operations Integration. from Stanford University.

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