Green Building Law Update

JUNE 24, 2018

In a dramatic shift the fastest growing environmental issue in 2018 is sustainable business practices. What are fast growing and emergent are sustainable business practices. Barron’s earlier this month published an article about environmental, social and governance issues, “The New Allure of Sustainable Investing.” There is a definite gender difference and woman are much more interested in sustainability than men.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 5, 2018

And while there is no doubt that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will review these verdicts, including how statutory damages caps reduce the amounts actually collectible, these cases present a harsh reality of farms being pushed to respond to demand for sustainable agricultural products while battling nuisance claims brought by carpetbagger trial lawyers on behalf of city slickers who have moved to rural farm communities.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 6, 2016

Almost on cue (despite being in the works for more than 4 years), Leonardo Academy has announced that its LEO 4000 National Sustainable Agriculture Standard is now available for use. Leonardo Academy is well respected, including for its work on the LEED Existing Building standard, for its non-profit model of “leveraging the competitive market to advance sustainability.”. LEO 4000 responds by defining “what constitutes sustainable agriculture.”.

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SAB Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In 2011, for the first time in nearly a century, the rate of urban population growth outpaced suburban growth, reversing a trend that began with the invention of the automobile.

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Collaborative Construction

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Once a construction related enterprise discards the Backwards Bike and embraces a Smart Built Culture innovation must become second nature and a great way to create and sustain a culture of innovation is to launch an in-house Innovation Center.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2017

The well being of building occupants is increasingly being described as the number one driver of sustainability. The aims for a sustainable buildings have shifted in the U.S. Green Building LEED Sustainability Center for Active Design Fitwel WELL

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Jetson Green

MAY 6, 2017

Helly Scholten of Holland has been living in an experimental sustainable house with her family since June 2015. The Scholten family will live in it for 3 years in order to experience and explore sustainable ways to live. Sustainable Rooftop Living.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 20, 2018

The post LEAN Job Order Contracting for SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY appeared first on 4BT. LEAN Job Order Contracting for SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY Uncategorized LEAN Job Order Contracting sustainable project delivery

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Jetson Green

JUNE 2, 2017

Related Articles on JetsonGreen.com: Sustainable Home/Office Solution by Dwell. Village of Sustainable Homes in Norway is Well Underway. Who says co-working spaces are only for big cities? There will soon be a place where you can go work in deep, untouched wilderness.

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Construction Marketing Blog

JANUARY 7, 2017

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has recently released new design guidelines to integrate NYCHA properties into a larger community and reduce their environmental impact.

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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. Envision LEED Sustainability

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Jetson Green

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The renovation was done by Fourth Pig and Stone’s Throw Design and the end result is a nearly passive home, which boasts of a number of sustainable features and looks amazing inside and out. Related Articles on JetsonGreen.com: A Modern and Sustainable Home Renovation.

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Jetson Green

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Nearly everyone strives to be sustainable, but avoiding chemical cleaners in your home and recycling plastic bottles isn’t nearly enough to call yourself green. Here are a few ways you can ecoscape your backyard so your yard is as sustainable as you are.

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Jetson Green

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The food production methods currently in place are not very sustainable at all. Sustainable Shipping Container Center in Albuquerque.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 14, 2018

In 2008, JLL, a Fortune 500 company with more than $50 billion of real estate under asset management, purchased ECD, a Canadian sustainability consulting organization that had developed Green Globes. JLL continued ECD’s strategy of promoting Green Globes in Canada as a building sustainability assessment and certification system.

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Jetson Green

MAY 11, 2017

There is no longer any doubt left that finding more sustainable ways to live are crucial to ensure the continued survival of our planet. It will consist of several eco-villages, which will be built to be completely self-sustaining from the ground up.

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SAB Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2017

This is the first of two articles featuring the work of emerging practices from across the country, whose vision of sustainability embraces holistic solutions implemented at a small scale.

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SAB Magazine

APRIL 4, 2017

In this second of two articles on emerging architectural practices across the country, we look at the work of KANVA in Montreal, and Acre Architects in Saint John.

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SAB Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Discussion in the media focused on the economic implications, while within sustainability circles, the concern was for the effect lower oil prices have on growth in the renewable energy sector.

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Geniebelt

JUNE 2, 2017

Global warming is one of the main reasons why sustainable housing is ideal for future construction. Sustainable homes do not only help the environment by reducing the overall environmental impact during and after construction, but it contributes towards many social and economic benefits.

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FDR Safety

JULY 9, 2013

The other issue that is gestating more slowly is sustainability. Often referred to as the triple bottom line of balancing economic, social and environmental impacts, sustainability is a major force coming from top down. Accident Prevention Safety and sustainability

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Jetson Green

DECEMBER 18, 2014

He has transformed a dumpster into a home and plans to live in it for a full year, so that he can learn as much as he can about sustainable living. Jeff Wilson of the Huston-Tillotson University in Texas has embarked on a very unique and special experiment.

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Jetson Green

OCTOBER 6, 2016

This warehouse is incredibly sustainable, which is always welcome when it comes to large companies. Related Articles on JetsonGreen.com: Sustainable and Grid Independent Floating Home. The Most Sustainable Classroom. Super Sustainable LivingHomes Prefabs Taking Over California.

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Jetson Green

AUGUST 1, 2017

The home features lots of recycled materials and was renovated with sustainability in mind. Sustainable Home/Office Solution by Dwell. Sustainable Living in one of the Harshest Climates in the World.

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Jetson Green

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The firm Treebox, which specializes in urban greening, has created a vertical garden, which is entirely self-sustaining. The Rain Garden in the UK was installed about 2 years ago as part of the Drain London sustainable urban drainage program.

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Jetson Green

JULY 10, 2015

Ecoliv is an Australian modular builder, which makes truly sustainable homes from the ground up. The home they unveiled at the 2014 Sustainable Living Festival is a 746 square foot (69.29 sq m) structure, which sports a wide array of sustainability features outside and in.

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The Constructor

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

What is sustainability in construction and civil engineering? Sustainability in construction and civil engineering is the optimization of. Building Technology Buildings Construction Green Buildings Sustainable Building

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

This fall, Penn State University could start site planning for the first commercial building at its Sustainability Experience Center, a 9.5-acre destination near famed Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., which features technologies and facilities designed to support sustainability education

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Business Facilities Blog

APRIL 7, 2017

Read Ra, Sustainer of Life on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. A nation that in ancient times worshipped The Sun God is home to a $3.5-billion solar power project. Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Featured Industry News International Middle East Renewable Energy Site Selection The Editor's Blog Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Alternative Energy Benban Clean Energy egypt Energy environmental regulations Solar Power Trump

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The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Sustainable concrete construction is a step towards green and eco friendly concrete construction practices to solve global environmental. Concrete Construction Concrete Technology Green Buildings

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 30, 2013

In an all-out brawl within the environmental industrial complex, last week the American Society of Landscape Architects filed a lawsuit over the ownership of the trademark for the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) against the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center at the University of Texas.

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Business Facilities Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Paints and coatings company AkzoNobel is celebrating the opening of the world’s most advanced and sustainable paint factory in Ashington, North-East England. Read: World’s Most Advanced, Sustainable Paint Factory Opens In England at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Jetson Green

APRIL 28, 2015

The aim of this project was to provide a sustainable, inspiring and healthy space for educational purposes, and it is one of only such classrooms in the US. Related Articles on JetsonGreen.com: Eco-House is Sustainable Building at its Best.

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Construction Dive

AUGUST 20, 2018

With each ton of the nearly 3 billion tons of cement produced per year globally releasing one ton of carbon dioxide, manufacturers are ramping up approaches to finding alternative methods and materials

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 10, 2017

Owners, designers and contractors are divided over the market’s future and what set of standards will be used going forward

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Commercial Construction

DECEMBER 8, 2009

If not, take a look at the recent issue of National Real Estate Investor or Retail Traffic as each includes a special supplement called “Why sustainability endures in the face of recession.”. Have a question on sustainable commercial construction?

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Jetson Green

MARCH 27, 2015

The so-called WaterNest 100 was designed by architect Giancarlo Zema and is one of the most sustainable and green floating homes around. Green and Sustainable Prefab Home.

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