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EPA Releases Draft National Recycling Strategy

Green Building Law Update

Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft National Recycling Strategy and is seeking public comment through December 4, 2020, with the goal of finalizing it in early 2021. This draft identifies strategic objectives and actions needed to create a stronger, more resilient U.S. solid waste recycling system.

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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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Phase l Environmental Site Assessment Standard Being Revised

Green Building Law Update

Task Group, after more than a year of work, has balloted a draft revised standard and results are expected as early as next week. The ASTM E50.02 A de minimis conditions is not a recognized environmental condition.”. The new definition is explained in an appendix.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

Howard County has since 2008 been one of a limited number of jurisdictions across the country with a mandatory LEED green building law for private buildings. So yes, it is an unintended consequence of LEED green building that creates the solution to this environmental issue that it arguably contributed to.

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Two New LEED Pilot Credits Respond to COVID-19

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council has announced that LEED will play a role in confronting risk in the post coronavirus pandemic era. creating a re-occupancy assessment and requirements for an operations plan and the drafting of a management and operations plan. Green building is a subset of that essential real estate sector.

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Taos Builder Strives to Work with Green Materials

Natural Building

At the heart of their company was building to reduce or eliminate negative impacts, and create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment. O’Brien has learned how to construct a house in such a way that it eliminates the many small gaps, and their subsequent drafts, often prevalent in older builds.

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

Construction Specifier

A tighter building envelope reduces drafts, cold spots, and heat loss, enhancing occupant comfort and safety by minimizing temperature variations and improving overall thermal performance. This can lead to improved indoor air quality (IAQ), reducing health risks, and creating a healthier living or working environment.