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A Green Building Game of Thrones

Green Building Law Update

As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Game of Thrones. This was supposed to be the year of the USGBC's new green building rating system, LEED 2012. The USGBC long ago selected FSC wood as the anointed certification for wood products.

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The World is being Forced to Rethink Recycling

Green Building Law Update

In 2013, China announced Operation Green Fence under which enforcement would be stricter. More broadly the price of other recycled products have dropped to levels below anything this law firm has ever seen in more than a decade of drafting corporate solid waste plans. by weight, but it wasn’t enforced. So, the U.S.

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Vicki Worden on the New Green Globes and Her Commitment to the Mission

Green Building Law Update

I had an opportunity some days ago to speak at length with Vicki Worden, the Executive Director of Green Building Initiative. Readers of this blog will be interested in what this thought leader in the green building movement has to say. All of which gives her street cred in the green building industrial complex.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 The launch of RELi 2.0

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High-performance air- and water-resistive barriers deliver improved sustainability

Construction Specifier

Products and construction methodologies that provide immediate reductions in embodied carbon must be weighed against building longevity, lifecycle cost, energy consumption, and a host of other variables. Construction is no different. These challenges play out across the construction industry. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

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5 Best Practices Of Energy Efficient Buildings

Construction Marketing

Are you looking for different means to partake in the ongoing green revolution ? The result of air leaks is cold outside air entering the home through the wall, ground floor, and ceiling gaps, causing cold drafts. Check out the different efficiency certifications each product boasts. Install Building Insulation.

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Litigation over First LEED Platinum Building Comes to an End

Green Building Law Update

SmithGroup’s ‘green’ design called for exposed structural wood members outside the envelope of the Merrill Center, including some that penetrated the building’s façade. Weyerhaeuser engaged third party defendant Permapost Products Co. a then new, LEED low emitting material).

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