Constructonomics

JANUARY 1, 2013

A green job is any job that improves the environment. Green jobs are great opportunities that help revitalize the economy and get people to work. Unfortunately, just because a job is green, does not mean it is without risks. Green roof workers are exposed to silica dust when they cut, drill or grind these products.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

The bird-friendly design standards that the Director adopts by regulation and that are equivalent to Pilot Credit #55. 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. with an average household in excess of $116,000.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Hastings on Hudson, a village with a population of just over 9,400, located east of the Hudson River, less than 20 miles north of Times Square, conducted a final public hearing last evening on its custom written Green Building Code. nor any of the national green codes, rating systems or standards.

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Natural Building

JANUARY 30, 2021

Sea Ranch was intended to be a second home community that embraced its surrounding environment. It took a few years of trial and error until the right plants were identified to withstand the harsh windy ocean-side environment. The post The Green Roofs of Sea Ranch appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 16, 2018

Top questions to ask when designing a green roof. We all know the economic and environmental benefits of green roofs , but how do you ensure that your client’s vision of a green roof is realized? Today we had the pleasure of talking with Nick Smith of green roof system specialist Zinco International. Phillip.fry@gc….

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Lets Build

MARCH 2, 2017

Green construction, or Green Building as many call it, has started attracting more and more attention during the last years. The concept behind green construction lies far beyond the creation of a building that doesn’t harm the environment. The True Value Of Green Construction. Productivity boost.

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Fieldwire

APRIL 18, 2022

Environmental researchers also predict the built environment will double by 2060. Environmentalists target builders through the Paris Agreement because most of humanity lives in the built environment. Enhancing your construction company’s sustainability practices allows you to create more green jobs.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Pendent to those Scope 3 downstream businesses, many more will be impacted by this California law and other coming ESG regulation, enabling a large number of businesses to do their part to repair the world while taking advantage of ESG opportunities. government and The Group of Seven.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 25, 2021

Some believe this tying the consideration to “current” standards, as opposed to the regulator determination at the time the tank was closed, creates a Faustian bargain for the environmental professional, and will greatly limit the supremely valuable designation of HRECS. A de minimis conditions is not a recognized environmental condition.”.

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Construction Enquirer

JUNE 28, 2023

Water regulator Ofwat has given the all-clear for water companies to bring forward work starts on 33 infrastructure schemes, worth £2.2bn, in the next two financial years. Projects given the green light include: Ten schemes worth close to £1.7bn to tackle storm overflows. ” .

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BD+C

APRIL 30, 2014

Although green roofs have been widely adopted in urban areas to reduce the heat island effect and stormwater runoff, Mexico City is hoping that vegetative rooftops can also reduce the city’s air pollution. More than 236,000 sf of green roofs adorn the environment about the cityscape as the government continues to invest in the concept.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 22, 2014

This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council for the purpose of adopting the International Green Construction Code. So, while it was controversial in 2007 when Baltimore mandating that privately owned building must be constructed green, Bill No. 14-0413 sponsored by Councilman James B.

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BD+C

MAY 2, 2014

Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED outside of the United States, demonstrating the global reach of the movement that is transforming the built environment into high-performing structures that benefit the planet and all of its people. read more. “The

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BD+C

MAY 25, 2023

Polly Osborne Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Engineers Architects Regulations Biophilic Design Sustainable Development Sustainable Design and Construction Urban Planning When we spend time in nature, we instinctively feel its value. There’s more focus than ever on the environmental impact of construction projects.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 19, 2020

Prior to the just concluded session of the Maryland legislature, the State’s laws and regulations were silent with regard to PFAS chemicals including PFOA. At worst, Maryland could have been criticized along with the Federal government and other states, for failing to regulate PFAS as a hazardous substance.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 29, 2020

“This temporary policy is designed to provide enforcement discretion under the current, extraordinary conditions, while ensuring facility operations continue to protect human health and the environment.” ” Of paramount import “[a]ll enforcement discretion set forth in this temporary policy is conditioned on. .

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Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

The following are her thoughts about green buildings and the rating systems that score them. Rating tools were, in part, adopted to head off the growing imposition of onerous environmental impact assessment in the building sector via “industry self-regulation”. These were based on typical construction, not sustainability outcomes.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 7, 2020

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. HB 619 Maryland law and regulations are today silent with regard to PFAS including PFOA. Nor does it in any other way prohibit or even regulate PFAS chemicals.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 7, 2020

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. HB 619 Maryland law and regulations are today silent with regard to PFAS including PFOA. Nor does it in any other way prohibit or even regulate PFAS chemicals.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 19, 2011

Green Building Act of 2006 requires that all new construction of non-residential buildings greater than 50,000 square feet be LEED certified. While there are many technical problems with the Green Buildling Act, the very premise of the law is fundamentally flawed. Green Building Act Fundamentally Flawed? On that date, the D.C.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2021

PFAS is very persistent in the environment and in the human body, meaning these chemicals don’t break down, accumulating over time, and as such have been referred to ‘forever chemicals’ making them an emergent environmental catastrophe. a substance defined as a hazardous substance pursuant to CERCLA 42 U.S.C.§9601(14),

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

PFOAs are very persistent in the environment and in the human body, meaning they don’t break down, accumulating over time, and as such have been referred to ‘forever chemicals’ making them an emergent environmental priority. This technology may in the future make treatability and actually removing PFOA from the environment realistic.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 30, 2022

Concomitantly, readers of this blog are a target rich environment for current business ESG activity and a group ripe for this modest survey effort. Maybe not surprisingly 52% reported their company’s ESG priorities today were more heavily weighted on environment factors (.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

economy and a way to conserve resources and protect the environment. It is important to accept that EPA’s authority to regulate recycling is fuzzy at best, beyond the agency’s implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. solid waste recycling system. Recycling is a key driver of the U.S. is at the municipal level.

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BD+C

MAY 22, 2014

The District of Columbia has more green buildings than other large U.S. cities on a per capita basis, according to the 2012 Green Building Report. To help guide policies for a new era of green design, D.C.’s To help guide policies for a new era of green design, D.C.’s Regulations Codes and Standards' read more.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 26, 2014

Much has changed, but much has remained the same, in the arena of green building law mandates since March 18,2002, when the city of Normal, Illinois enacted Ordinance 4825, the first ever mandatory green building law, requiring LEED certification in the Central Business District for public or private new construction of over 7,500 square feet.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 14, 2017

Last week the ICC and ASHRAE issued joint news releases on the status of the “unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification” that will be published as the 2018 version of the International Green Construction Code. to green building has been dramatic. And that ASHRAE 189.1

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Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

When the project team decided to go green during construction, high-performance coatings might not be the first thing on their minds, but maybe they should be. National air district regulations also narrow the field of choices for architects and specifiers tasked with selecting eco-conscious coatings. Green Building Council.”.

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BD+C

APRIL 11, 2024

Is it providing the environment the patient needs to begin their healing journey? It requires designing environments that protect the dignity of those who are healing while in a safe and supervised setting. What does the next space on their path to recovery look like? What does it mean to make it right for these types of spaces?

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Construction Specifier

APRIL 14, 2022

Green infrastructure builds climate resilience. Green infrastructure mimics a site’s natural hydrological cycle to manage runoff close to its source. Sustainable roof colors—blue or green? Green roofs. An example of the different layers of a green roof. Green roofs are multi-taskers.

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The Korte Company

AUGUST 17, 2018

As climate science matures, the impact of built spaces on the environment has come under closer scrutiny. While juggling sustainability and profitability at the same time is a challenge, construction companies can help owners achieve both by implementing green construction principles. Harness natural resources with green construction.

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Construction Specifier

MARCH 30, 2022

Green infrastructure builds climate resilience. Green infrastructure mimics a site’s natural hydrological cycle to manage runoff close to its source. Sustainable roof colors—blue or green? Green roofs. An example of the different layers of a green roof. Green roofs are multi-taskers.

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BD+C

MAY 2, 2014

Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED outside of the United States, demonstrating the global reach of the movement that is transforming the built environment into high-performing structures that benefit the planet and all of its people. read more. “The

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

On Wednesday, August 24, I attended a meeting of the DC Green Building Codes working group. The topic to be discussed was the DC Green Building Act's LEED bond requirement. For the uninitiated, the DC Green Building Act requires that all new construction in D.C. Notice of appeal should be provided to surety.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Concomitantly, readers of this blog are a target rich environment for current business ESG activity and a group who is ripe for surveying. environment, social, governance]. Do you believe there will be mandatory ESG disclosures and more ESG regulation within the next 12 months? Where are your company’s ESG priorities today?

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

And despite hyperbole from some environmental groups, the Endangered Species Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, as well as state laws and regulations, are not affected by the Solicitor’s Opinion M-37050 or the proposed regulation. The proposed rule and notice of intent are now available.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

The federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in 1976 to protect the environment and the public’s health against risks posed by chemicals in materials in commerce. If we can assist your business in appreciating and taking advantage of federal and state regulation of chemicals, do not hesitate to give Stuart Kaplow a call.

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