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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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Not April Fool's: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED

Green Building Law Update

In last week's post, I stated that the Army was abandoning LEED certification in lieu of a green building code based on ASHRAE 189.1. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1,

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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It was a busy year for shopping center renovations, like the new food court construction at Westfield's Old Orchard shopping center in Skokie, Ill. And of course the industry did see some notable shopping center renovations in 2010, such as Randhurst Mall in Chicago and Hamilton Plaza Shopping Center in New Jersey.

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STATEMENT OF KEVIN KAMPSCHROER DIRECTOR OFFICE OF FEDERAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDINGS OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTWIDE POLICY U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Building Information Management

What is the Green Building Certification System? What is Federal government’s role in using sound science and peer-reviewed studies to evaluate and implement advanced building technologies? The GSA is chartered to lead high performance building efforts including Congressionally-mandated review of green building certification systems.

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How To Reduce Risk On Construction Projects

ProcurementExpress.com

A real life example: A large office building was leased for hi-tech office space. A very well know national architect was hired to provide demolition plans and renovation plans. Everything was going well on this project until the building inspector came to sign off on the certificate of occupancy.

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How To Reduce Risk On Construction Projects

ProcurementExpress.com

A real life example: A large office building was leased for hi-tech office space. A very well know national architect was hired to provide demolition plans and renovation plans. Everything was going well on this project until the building inspector came to sign off on the certificate of occupancy.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

We also studied the Bindery on Blake renovation of Suite 100, a Gold v4 certified office that is a much larger 22,000 square feet. CI v4 MRc1: Long Term Commitment can be achieved simply by signing a 10 year or longer lease. The projects are as varied as nearly 3 dozen buildings can be. pounds of construction waste per square foot.