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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

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Buffer zones. A locally researched, detailed unit price cost database and an associated LEAN, integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery process are both critical to reducing the carbon footprint of facilities and other built infrastructure. Waste and packaging. Take back agreements. Use of biogas for chilling. Conclusion.

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Building Life-cycle Costs and Physical Asset Total Cost of Ownership Management (TCO)

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Creating and monitoring building life-cycle costs is a key component of physical asset total cost of ownership management. Initial design, procurement, and construction costs of a facility account for only 10%-20% of total capital expenditures throughout its useful life. Life-Cycle Cost Calculation.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Carbon Footprint - A brief overview

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The carbon footprint is a division of the e cological footprint and of the more comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment(LCA). If you are a newbie in the estimating service zone then you should know about construction estimating checklist and how to organize them. A carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Construction specifications - vital.

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A specification (often abbreviated as spec ) can be termed as a type of a technical standard to be referenced by a contract or procurement document. It consists of 50 Divisions , to be applied for integrating facility life cycle and maintenance information into the building knowledge base. Blog Archive. ▼ 2012. (18).

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

HVACie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed to describe Heating, Cooling, Ventillating (and Refrigeration) systems. Ontology for Life-Cycle Modeling of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. 2012-03-01-CERL-CR-12-2-ModelView. March 2012.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

HVACie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed to describe Heating, Cooling, Ventillating (and Refrigeration) systems. Ontology for Life-Cycle Modeling of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. 2012-03-01-CERL-CR-12-2-ModelView. March 2012.

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Construction Cost Estimating Blog: Corporate Sustainability (CS.

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The company should aware of carbon management and life-cycle assessments, and designing operations to use less energy and water. Supporting supply and distribution networks for mutual benefit, for example by jointly sourcing products, developing standardized supplier training modules, or aligning local procurement policies.