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Introducing LEED v5 – For what it is worth.

Job Order Contracting

. “LEED v5 is next version of the globally recognized comprehensive framework for green building practices. LEED v5 will drive real-world impact and positive change worldwide.” ” Learn more … [link] via 4BT.us The post Introducing LEED v5 – For what it is worth. appeared first on 4BT.

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20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity

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Green Building Council is expanding its LEED for Cities and Communities program with a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America. Read: 20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Refocus the EPA through the Lens of Green Building

Green Building Law Update

In a time of changing national environmental agendas, including the Trump Pence Transition Team announced plan “to refocus the EPA” it is an ideal moment to articulate how green building is “the” ideal means of voluntarily mitigating the negative impacts that human activity has on the planet. And green buildings do so much more.

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In pursuit of acoustical equity

Construction Specifier

Therefore, WELL and Fitwel take acoustics into consideration; however, it remains a poorly understood indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameter, and the lowest rated (referenced from ‘Green buildings and health,’ Global Environmental Health and Sustainability, vol. The question is, what is ‘acoustical equity’ and how does one achieve it?

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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

Green Building Law Update

In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”. But today’s ESG statements are only a very small step.

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WELL at the Intersection of Human Health and Green Building

Green Building Law Update

And then this month, Delos announced that it has completed an equity investment raise of $108 Million where Jeff Vinik and Cascade Investment, LLC (owned by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates) were the lead investors. The IWBI is a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and wellbeing through the built environment.

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Modern Slavery Exists and We Must Stop It Now

Green Building Law Update

BRE is at the cutting edge of transforming buildings for the future and in creating the Ethical Labor Sourcing Standard, BRE shines at the forefront of sustainability by acting beyond reproach in all aspects of the built environment and genuinely building a better world together.”. These modern enactments by government are only a small step.

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