Sustainability & Resilience: Page 42
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New California guidelines will mandate “solar-ready” roofs
Starting on Jan. 1, 2014, commercial and residential roofs have to be ready for panels if owners want to install them.
By Ron Gallagher • June 5, 2012 -
LEED 2012: Everyone is getting more time to absorb it and get ready
The USGBC is pushing balloting on changes into 2013, perhaps as late as June 1.
By Ron Gallagher • June 4, 2012 -
New Compound Could Become 'Cool Blue' for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
The durable, environmentally benign blue pigment has also been found to have unusual characteristics in reflecting heat.
By Ron Gallagher • June 1, 2012 -
Creating Green, Affordable Neighborhoods: Get Funded, Get Educated, Get Started
The U.S. Green Building Council makes its argument for why green building and smarter neighborhood planning and design should be available to everyone.
By Ron Gallagher • June 1, 2012 -
Empire State Building Saves in First Year of Energy-Efficiency Plan
Saving 5% so far, owners expect the building will save $4.4 million a year, a 38% reduction of energy use, when the project is done.
By Ron Gallagher • June 1, 2012 -
Construction Dive A-List Profile: Sara Gutterman
Over the next few weeks, Construction Dive will be profiling individuals who have been selected for the Construction Dive A-List. Today we talk to Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman.
By Brian Warmoth • May 31, 2012 -
USGBC Testing Minn. Buildings to See if They Live Up to LEED Standards
The project will look at before-and-after energy and water bills at at similar non-LEED buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • May 31, 2012 -
ANSI approves Green Building Initiative’s design standard
ANSI/GBI 01-2010 looks at seven areas: project management, site, water, energy, emissions, indoor environment, and resources.
By Ron Gallagher • May 31, 2012 -
A 30,000-Square-Foot Community Garden on a Parking Garage
In Seattle, a garden on a garage rooftop grows at $4 a square foot.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2012 -
Construction Dive A-List Profile: Katy Tomasulo
Over the next few weeks, Construction Dive will be profiling individuals who have been selected for the Construction Dive A-List. This profiles Products Insider blogger, Katy Tomasulo.
By Ryan Willumson • May 23, 2012 -
Green Globes Tops LEED in Federal Review, but Barely
GSA says one works better for new construction while the other seems a better fit for renovations.
By Ron Gallagher • May 22, 2012 -
Enterprise Launches New Green Retrofit Program for Affordable Housing
Bomee Jung, senior program director of Enterprise's green program, tells GlobeSt.com's Jacqueline Hlavenka about how the organization is helping to transform low-income properties into high-performance buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • May 22, 2012 -
Construction Dive A-List Profile: Rick Miller
Over the next few weeks, Construction Dive will be profiling individuals that have been selected for the Construction Dive A-List. This profiles Rick Miller, the COO of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties.
By Ryan Willumson • May 18, 2012 -
Demand for Green Buildings Exceeds Workforce Supply
Sixty-nine percent of architects, engineers and contractors say they foresee a shortage in the coming three years.
By Ron Gallagher • May 17, 2012 -
One World Trade Center goes to new height of sustainability
Soaring to a height of 1,776 feet (540-meter), the 2.6-million-sf (242,000-square-meter) building soon to become the new One World Trade Center in the lower Manhattan district of New York City is a marvel of design and engineering. Construction of the building, previously dubbed the Freedom To...
By Ryan Willumson • May 15, 2012 -
Certified Green Construction Value in 2011 Reached Nearly $70B
A new report provides a good temperature reading on the impact of sustainable standards in the construction industry.
By Ron Gallagher • May 14, 2012 -
Revised Code Could Add $5K to Illinois New-Home Prices
The state sees more efficiency. Builders see more cost. They disagree about the payback period.
By Ron Gallagher • May 10, 2012 -
Alberici Construction Leads Its Own Way to LEED
Having dealt with constructing and refining its own headquarters, the St. Louis contractor has a special bond with clients for whom it builds LEED buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
Southeastern Building Codes Welcome Greater Efficiency for Greater Savings
Evolving building practice has proven we can build more efficient buildings if we have the right tools – and the Southeast is taking action.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
Structural Rethinking: An Architect Calls for a New Design Approach
Michael Green, co-creator of a system of wood structures for tall buildings, argues that old ways of building come with built-in problems.
By Ron Gallagher • May 8, 2012 -
Is HERS Home Building's New Standard?
Builders are use their Home Energy Rating System (HERS) scores as tools to compete with new and existing homes.
By Ron Gallagher • May 4, 2012 -
Innovative Wastewater Handling Can Help Achieve LEED Rating
Community systems for handling wastewater are likely to be the way LEED projects go.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
Green-roof Requirement Now Includes Industrial Facilities in Toronto
The city is expanding a rule that covered residential and other commercial structures.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
NSF Publishes ANSI Standard for Single-Ply Roofing Membranes
The new standard creates an across-the=board standard for comparing products' impacts.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
NAHB Honors Innovators in Green Home Building and Remodeling
Eleven were honored during the annual National Green Building Conference.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012
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