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Green Building Laws Spread Overseas
Mandatory green building laws are spreading internationally from the Philippines to India. With more than 11 billion square feet across 175,000 projects being LEED certified worldwide, it should not be...
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The Unintended Consequences of Reflective Pavements
Among the most interesting exhibitors at the recent Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia may have been the Asphalt Pavement Alliance challenging what we thought we knew about...
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County Mandates its Green Building be the Greenest, with a Twist
All King County, Washington government construction and major renovations must strive to achieve the top national green construction rating under Ordinance 2013-0324 unanimously approved last week by...
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20,000th LEED Project Is Certified
Earlier this month, while few people were watching, the 20,000th LEED commercial project was certified! Wow. In the event you missed the huge happening on December 4th, it is a LEED 2009 Commercial...
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Defense Authorization Act Lifts Ban on LEED Gold and Platinum
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2014 in Honolulu last Thursday and while most observers noted that the bill cracks down on sexual assaults in the military and...
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IGCC Variant Green Building Standard for Public Buildings in Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia requires that new construction and renovation of state government buildings be green. And now Virginia has become the latest government to mandate an alternative compliance...
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ICC 700 Residential Green Certifications Will More Than Double in 2014
Today there are 29,724 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard certified homes and lots. As the residential green code is on the cusp of eclipsing 30,000 certifications, more than a dozen governments...
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Model Sustainability and Green Building Initiatives for a More Verdant City...
A package of local government bills introduced on January 29th aim to ensure that Montgomery County, Maryland remains at the sustainability forefront. The legislation submitted by Councilmember Roger...
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The Best Kept Secret in Green Building – a Conversation with Jerry Yudelson
I had a conversation with Jerry Yudelson last week, six weeks after he became the President of the Green Building Initiative, the non profit with the rights to distribute Green Globes in the United...
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Comments Sought For Update to ICC 700 National Green Building Standard
With nearly 128 million residential housing units existed in the U.S., if green building is going to mitigate the negative impacts that human activity has on the planet, green building must include...
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