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5 Green Construction Practices that are becoming Standard Commercial Construction Procedures

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Anyone in the commercial construction industry knows there are a variety of certifications and designations that individuals, companies and projects can achieve to show they follow a high level of green commercial construction practices. are standard green procedures for ground-up construction projects. Here are a five examples: 1.

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Data, transparency are keys to next steps in green building, says USGBC chief

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Advancements in green building performance will be enabled by collecting and sharing data, says Mahesh Ramanujam, president, United States Green Building Council.

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$150 Million Aluminum Facility Coming To Bowling Green, KY; Creating 80 Jobs

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and UACJ Corporation to build an aluminum production facility in Bowling Green. Constellium, a European aluminum company, and UACJ, a Japanese aluminum company, both will supply the aluminum coils that will then be treated and processed in Bowling Green. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has announced a joint venture between Constellium N.V.

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Gallo Winery Plans New East Coast Facility In South Carolina

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Wine and spirits company E. & Gallo's $423 million investment in Chester County, SC will create 496 new jobs over the next eight years. Read: Gallo Winery Plans New East Coast Facility In South Carolina at BusinessFacilities.com.

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City of Rockville Implementing the IgCC

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The City of Rockville, Maryland has adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as mandatory for all commercial and multi family building. or the National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2012). city with a population below 100,000 and Rockville is in Maryland, ranked number 2 among all states for LEED building per capita.

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Coating for sustainability

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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. Green Building Council.”. All images courtesy Tnemec Company, Inc. by Jennifer Gleisberg, CSI, CDT. LEED and LBC. LEED v4, developed by the U.S.

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Veterans Off Grid in New Mexico

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Army Veteran and Veterans Off-Grid founder Ryan Timmermans and volunteer Josh Camp talk about helping vets learn green construction in Carson, New Mexico. He vividly recalled coming home after his last tour in Afghanistan finding his mind and spirit had fallen into an abyss. “We And through that, they teach green-building skills.