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What's Driving Green Product Manufacturers: The Sherwin-Williams Company
In the third part of a series looking at what drives green product manufacturers, we chat with Steve Revnew, vice president of product development for The Sherwin-Williams Company, about the company's...
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How We Can Get Codes to Address Building Performance
Jayson Antonoff of the Global Buildings Performance Network argues the benefits of linking building energy codes with benchmarking and disclosure policies.
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Building Organizations Commit to Promoting Resilient Design
Twenty organizations from the building, construction, and design industry sign on to promote resilience across their memberships.
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SITES v2 Launched
The second version of the sustainable ratings system designed for landscapes is now available for widespread use.
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NIBS Releases a High-Performance Design Resource and the AIA Approves
The National Institute of Building Sciences’ free online guide compiles performance-based criteria and codes for public and commercial building projects.
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How to Break Into Post-Soviet Markets
American firms are increasingly targeting markets in the former Soviet Union. Here are the challenges—and rewards.
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Industry Groups to Evolve the International Green Construction Code
The move will sync the code with Standard 189.1 to provide a single resource for code officials and project teams while likely modifying LEED.
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Singapore offers a Global Lesson in Green
ARCHITECT reports on the city-state’s incentive-heavy and increasingly research-focused sustainable construction sector at this year’s International Green Building Conference.
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A New Tool to Evaluate Commercial Buildings' Energy Performance
Determine whether the cost of exceeding code requirements will pay off with BIRDS, a Web-based software platform developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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DOE Approves Green Globes for Certification of Federal Buildings
The Green Building Initiative's web-based certification system joins the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program as an approved green building rating system for federal buildings.
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Greenbuild Preview: Three Product Trends to Watch For
On view at the annual sustainable design event in New Orleans this year will be Web-enabled home technology, material-disclosure documentation, and bespoke thermal envelopes.
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USGBC Task Group Announces Deliverables from Google’s $3M Grant
The cross-disciplinary group announced an open application programming interface for manufacturer-supplied material ingredient information and a materials-health certificate.
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The Well Building Standard Wants to Green Your Occupants
A new sustainability credential from the International Well Building Institute—and administered by the Green Building Certification Institute—focuses on design and programming that support human...
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Future Proofing the Past
Predicting and preparing for future impacts may be the greenest approach to preservation we’ve seen.
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The Architect as Superhero
Maureen Guttman, President of the Building Codes Assistance Project, exhorts architects to take more responsibility for model energy code adoption and implementation.
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Outcome-Based Compliance Path Approved for the IgCC
The option lets design teams quantify a completed building's energy consumption when using the 2015 version of the International Green Construction Code to comply with local building energy code
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Morning News Roundup: Dec. 4, 2014
The giant fish will be featured in an upcoming Chinese festival, Zillow makes 2015 predictions for the real estate market, and more news for your Thursday morning.
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Different Rules and Regulations
Columnist Aaron Betsky discusses fantasy proposals for a new set of regulations governing architecture with Italian architect Francesco Delogu.
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National Institute of Building Sciences Council Outlines New Priorities for...
The council provides policy recommendations to the White House and Congress, focusing on the industry's workforce, resilient construction, and code enforcement.
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MADCAD Launches Free Search App for Local Building Codes
The app, developed by the cloud-based reference guide, provides quick access to applicable codes and standards based on location.
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