The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has launched the Guiding Principles Compliance for New Construction (GPC NC) of federal buildings. This program for assessing building sustainability was developed with extensive input from federal ...
Tags: Sustainability and Energy Efficiency, integrated design principles
McGraw Hill Construction, a part of McGraw Hill Financial, recently released findings from a new Green Home Builders and Remodelers Study at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. Green ...
Tags: Green Home, Green experience, residential construction
The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association(GAHBA),The American Institute of Architects Georgia(AIA Georgia),the Atlanta chapter of the National Association of Remodeling Industry(NARI),the Georgia chapters of the National Kitchen&Bath ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the 50,000th LEED-certified green housing unit. “As one of the most rigorous green residential rating systems in the world, LEED for Homes is the standard against which all other ...
The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project. In December 2013, USGBC's Green Building ...
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One year after opening a LEED gold certified distribution center in West Grove, PA, Dansko celebrated the first birthday of its innovative facility. Built by Pennsylvania-based construction company W.S. Cumby, the distribution center works ...
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The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project. This month, USGBC’s Green Building ...
Glass substrate processing firm G-Tech Optoelectronics is constructing a factory for making energy-saving glass building materials, with completion scheduled for March-April 2014 and production to kick off in the second quarter, according ...
Tags: Green Building Glass, Glass, Construction, Decoration
The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its third annual "Best of Green Schools" list, which recognizes top educational institutions, individuals and initiatives across the country for environmental ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Green Construction
A noteworthy tripartite initiative to stimulate technology start-ups by Sri Lankan university students and recent graduates gets underway in January 2014 with corporate sponsorship and participatory inputs from Brandix. Sri Lanka’s ...
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Glass LLC, the first glass holding company in the Middle East and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC [DI], has announced that its coating lines, comprising subsidiaries Emirates Glass LLC [EGL] and Saudi American Glass ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
Milliken's Moment collection was recently named hospitality flooring winner for the Interior Design 2013 Best of Year Awards. The awards program honors outstanding products and projects within the architecture and design industry across ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released the third and final installment of its LEED in Motion report series: Impacts and Innovation. The report details key impact areas and results of the thousands of projects that are ...
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The ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard-Green Building (CIMS-GB)-a certification program that provides third-party verification for cleaning operations-is now a direct option to meet the green cleaning policy prerequisite of the U.S. ...
Tags: CIMS-GB, Cleaning Operations, Green Cleaning
President Obama signed a memorandum directing the federal government to consume 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, more than double the current level. Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the U.S. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, renewable sources