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Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification

GCP Applied Technologies

Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. The webpage also provides downloads—helpful worksheets and a "Guidelines" PDF 1 —for plants to make strides toward sustainability. Sustainability guidelines for ready mix plant certification. michael.delros…. Fri, 11/02/2018 - 19:24. GCP Applied Technologies.

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New RESNET Label Provides Home Energy-Efficiency Ratings and Certifications Info

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RELATED Home Performance Counts in the Home Building and Buying Process Meet the Zero Energy Ready Home Program Version 2 Development of Next National Green Building Standard Underway While increased interest in energy efficiency isn't consistent across the nation, it is growing. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S.

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Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But.

Green Building Law Update

Despite that a frog told us all in a song lyric, “it’s not easy bein’ green,” it is easy to buy a green building, but. And there are many good reasons for purchasing a green building that is LEED Certified. LEED gave us the technologies and methodologies revolutionizing the way we construct and occupy buildings.

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Statistics Suggest that It Pays to Get Buildings Certified as Green

Construction Dive

Going green through the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen e.V. DGNB) rating systems all have their reported benefits, she said.

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Progress on the Green Appraisal Front--Appraisal Institute Issues Green Appraisal Form

Green Building Law Blog

On September 29, 2011, the Appraisal Institute issued a Green/Energy Efficiency Addendum to its standard Fannie Mae Form 1004. It can be downloaded here. Currently, the contributory value of a home’s green features is rarely part of the equation. One notable omission is a specific reference to LEED certification.

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Attorney Offers Plenty of Advice during Webinar on Green Construction Contracts

Construction Dive

It pays to plan for green construction as early in a project as possible, attorney Bryan Jackson told attendees during “Green Construction Contracts,” a WPL Publishing webinar for which a recording recently was added to the ConstructionPro Network (ConstructionProNet.com) Download Library -- free of charge for members.

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Resilient Flooring: The sustainable specification

Construction Specifier

Is the goal to achieve certification from a green building rating system? • This is available by manufacturer in their technical data sheets per selected style and usually downloadable from their websites. Support of the Green Building Initiative. • FloorScore certification for indoor environmental quality. .