Los Angeles Tops EPA Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings
Business Facilities
MAY 24, 2022
District of Columbia, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Dallas round out top five, cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency, reducing emissions.
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Business Facilities
MAY 24, 2022
District of Columbia, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Dallas round out top five, cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency, reducing emissions.
BD+C
MAY 24, 2016
Designing a functional, vibrant, and sustainable bus depot is tough enough. acre site in downtown Los Angeles. acre site in downtown Los Angeles. Giving the Building Team a fraction of the preferable space is another obstacle. Even in a bit of a squeeze the building doesn’t lose its functionality or beauty.
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BD+C
APRIL 12, 2019
Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the U.S., recently released a draft of a comprehensive sustainability plan. The plan addresses carbon emission reduction, air quality, transportation, equitable and sustainable land use, and resilience.
BD+C
APRIL 12, 2019
Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the U.S., recently released a draft of a comprehensive sustainability plan. The plan addresses carbon emission reduction, air quality, transportation, equitable and sustainable land use, and resilience.
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 28, 2014
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure announced that earlier this week it reached the milestone of 1,500 Envision Sustainability Professionals who have been credentialed in the use of the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system. yes, something like LEED for roads and bridges). There is a charge for that service.
ENR Construction
JANUARY 16, 2020
Los Angeles transportation executive has set new standards for climate adaptation and resilience in the region, and beyond.p>
BD+C
JUNE 4, 2018
In order to reach its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals , Los Angeles must transition to 100% renewable electricity and 45% passenger travel by transit and active transport (such as biking or walking) by 2050.
Pro Builder
APRIL 12, 2022
Steve Pallrand, founder of sustainable design firms CarbonShack and Home Front Build in Los Angeles, makes recycling central to home construction, using existing materials left over from demolition when creating a new or updated property. .
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 27, 2019
Petersburg City Council on January 17, 2019 and awaiting the Mayor’s signature, supersedes the prior Executive Order 2017-01 Sustainable St. Petersburg, that laid the groundwork for these sustainable building practices. That is, it portends a significant sector of future sustainability efforts.
Construction Marketing
APRIL 11, 2023
But it is also important to find ways to make the construction process itself sustainable. From wholesale flooring Los Angeles on the west coast to wind-resistant siding in our local Chicago market, choosing the right materials can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars to the overall cost of a project.
BD+C
MARCH 7, 2014
Larry David, Maria Menounos, and Sofia Vergara are among the Hollywood elites scheduled to attend a star-studded gala March 8 to celebrate the opening of Emerson College''s new $85 million Los Angeles campus building. Body Image: read more.
Pro Builder
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Even as the housing market slows, a lack of new inventory is sustaining elevated home prices and leaving would-be buyers with few affordable options. For example, Redfin found that in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., New listings slumped 19% year over year during the four weeks ending Sept. Read more.
Pro Builder
JUNE 2, 2022
California officials have enacted strict regulations on water usage as the state battles another devastating drought, but that doesn’t mean a slowdown in construction is underway, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 14, 2016
This year Greenbuild is in Los Angeles from October 5 – 7. I do not claim any particular business marketing prowess, but Greenbuild has been the number one source of new clients for my sustainability and green building law practice! And Greenbuild is sustainable.
BD+C
DECEMBER 4, 2023
4 key innovations and construction trends across airport design 0 qpurcell Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:04 Airports Here are some of the key trends Skanska is seeing in the aviation sector, from congestion solutions to sustainability. Across the country in Los Angeles, Skanska is involved in the massive expansion efforts at LAX.
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 5, 2016
If you are in Los Angeles for Greenbuild, I invite you to join me Thursday, October 6, from 3:00 to 3:30 pm when I will be hanging out with the good folks from BuildingGreen at their booth on the Expo floor. Among the most interesting exhibitors at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo this week in Los Angeles (.
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 6, 2016
Regular readers of this blog will know that the Greenbuild Conference and Expo is the world’s largest event dedicated to sustainable building. This week there are more than 500 exhibitors spread across the 150,000 square feet Expo floor in Los Angeles.
Pro Builder
JANUARY 20, 2021
Day Zero, the day tap water is no longer available, is creeping closer on major cities, such as Los Angeles and New York. A Time Without Tap Water is Coming, Here’s How Builders Can Help. cbroderick. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:41. Read More. .
BD+C
JULY 11, 2023
Does the idea of repurposing a massive amount of professional and business office space fly in the face of everything the country, and specifically Los Angeles, has been trying to achieve with downtown revitalization over the last 25 years? As the community plan for Downtown Los Angeles—also known as DTLA2040—states, “Downtown is.
Business Facilities
JULY 11, 2014
The report finds that expanding the program to 600 megawatts will help Los Angeles achieve a state mandate to generate a third of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. Areas identified as “hot spots” include the San Fernando Valley, Downtown Los Angeles and the region surrounding the Port ofLos Angeles.
Pro Builder
JUNE 10, 2021
They are launching a methane capture program at a California dairy farm and installing rooftop solar in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. Sustainability. As offsets, FivePoint is earning carbon credits through several other projects costing tens of millions of dollars, according to Haddad. Read More. .
BD+C
APRIL 10, 2023
4 ways designers can help chief heat officers reduce climate change risks 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/10/2023 - 09:40 Sustainability Eric Corey Freed, Director of Sustainability, CannonDesign, shares how established designers and recently-emerged chief heat officers (CHO) can collaborate on solutions for alleviating climate change risks.
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 21, 2016
Recently The Los Angeles Times reported Exxon Mobil is under investigation by California Attorney General Kamala Harris over claims that the company “lied about climate change risks” in statements the company made to investors. While data culled from filings of public companies listed on U.S.
BD+C
JULY 25, 2023
We aim to create healthcare environments that meet stringent standards while prioritizing sustainability and environmental responsibility. Achieving carbon neutrality or even carbon-negative design requires a commitment from our clients, and we are dedicated to educating and encouraging them to adopt more sustainable and resilient practices.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
MARCH 20, 2018
Even more locally, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has required BIM be used on a sustainable building project that’s funded through a taxpayer-approved bond. In 2010, for example, Wisconsin became the first state to require BIM on publicly-funded projects with a budget over $5 million.
BD+C
MARCH 14, 2013
million sf, Los Angeles topped the EPA's ranking of the U.S. With 528 buildings totaling 112.5 metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings in 2012. Rounding out the top five are Washington, D.C. 462 buildings); Chicago (353); New York (325); and Atlanta (304). read more.
SAB Magazine
JANUARY 3, 2017
Picture a mid 20th century Case Study house overlooking Los Angeles; the flat roof and glass walls, the refinement of form and Modernist ideals. Now transpose those forms and philosophies into the 21st Century amid the lakes and forests of the Canadian Shield in Haliburton, Ontario.
Natural Building
APRIL 12, 2012
Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 22, 2016
Shea Construction to build a $110 million state-of-the-art water treatment plant that will enable WRD to develop the first locally sustainable groundwater basins in California. “The Los Angeles region has a long and sometimes colorful history of importing water to quench our thirst. WRD Board of Directors and J.F.
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
We are presently working with several real estate developers to create this type of environment in Chicago and its suburbs, as well as New York and Los Angeles. As more developers and tenants embrace this concept as a successful model for driving traffic, we see this trend sustaining for several years to come.
CivilJungle
APRIL 29, 2022
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, along with numerous research centers and academic abroad centers.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 16, 2016
While 70% of commercial real estate transaction value between 2010 and 2015 was concentrated in the New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco metro areas, the remaining volume is spread widely throughout the rest of the country. Chinese real estate investors acquired at least $17.1 Half of that investment came in 2015 alone.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 23, 2014
Los Angeles. Demonstrating success factors relating to education, innovation, sustainability and transparency, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, for example, are distinguished by their strengths in talent and new technologies, while Copenhagen has among the world’s strongest “green” credentials. San Francisco.
BIM & Beam
JULY 31, 2014
Glumac, a consulting engineering firm with offices throughout the West Coast and in Shanghai, is a leader in sustainable design—engineering green buildings that work. But recently, they faced a particularly challenging and important client proposal—a project for the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 9, 2014
” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Far West U.S. - Mid Atlantic U.S.
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 30, 2016
it all started with fire testing for homes), with over 2,247,696 BREEAM registered buildings across 77 countries in its sustainability assessment method, will before the end of the year award its first BREEAM In-Use certification in the United States. BRE Global Ltd., based LEED certification consultancy headed by Barry Giles.
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 1, 2015
The first office to be WELL Certified – Pilot Program, the CBRE Corporate Headquarters in Los Angeles is a 48,000 square feet project. GBCI is the USGBC controlled organization that provides third party certification for LEED projects. GBCI is now also providing third party certification for WELL. CBRE built out the L.A.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 16, 2014
” The first five Zones, located in San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, have each put forward a plan on how they will partner with local business and community leaders to make investments that reward hard work and expand opportunity. Far West U.S. - Mid Atlantic U.S.
Constructonomics
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
Location can affect the results of your recruiting efforts, company sustainability, and success overall. New York, Los Angeles and Silicon Valley are areas that do just that. And while this is perfectly rational, you should spend a considerable amount of time determining where it is you want your office to be located.
PSMJ Resources
APRIL 6, 2011
SGH employs more than 400 employees among its offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. The 3 winners were announced during the recent A/E/C Industry Human Resources Summit in Orlando On March 18, 2011, at the A/E/C Industry HR Summit in Orlando, Florida, PSMJ Resources, Inc.
Pro Builder
AUGUST 31, 2021
Mr. Marini’s company, Planet Home Living, is adding rooftop solar panels in his latest projects, including townhouse-style and single-family homes in Los Angeles, as required by a previous change to the state’s building code that took effect last year. Sustainability. That’s not entirely true in the rest of the country.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
For Arcadis they were tackling the California Highspeed Rail project, a 500-mile system linking San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim. In this session, they shared how adopting Autodesk technology helped changed the trajectory of what could have been major delays to the project. How Will the Construction Sector Get to Net Zero? .
The Korte Company
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Below, we summarize the cause of today’s skilled worker shortage and join in calling for a more unified, sustainable way to strengthen the ranks of a workforce badly in need of reinforcement. But these costly measures do little more than guarantee that only contractors with means can secure quality labor. The underlying problem persists.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JANUARY 26, 2016
USGBC’s annual Top 10 States for LEED list highlights states throughout the country that are making significant strides in sustainable building design, construction and transformation. California: Los Angeles Convention Center Recertification; LEED Gold. square feet of certified space per resident.
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