sustainable building practice News
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ASTM staff and members to participate in APEC-ASEAN workshop
Event Scheduled for March 5-7 in Lima, Peru Representatives from ASTM International will be among the speakers at a workshop, “Sharing Experiences in the Design and Implementation of Green Building Codes,” to be held in Lima, Peru, March 5-7. The workshop is being co-sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The purpose of the ...
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CSRminute: PBS & Adobe Foundations launch project VoiceScape; Miron Construction joins GLOBE Alliance
TheCSRminute is your daily video digest of the most relevant Corporate Social Responsible news of the day. Our team of 3BL Media correspondents tracks the global world of corporate social responsibility to bring you coverage of the most important announcements, initiatives, issues, trends, ideas, and breaking news. The PBS(PBS) and Adobe Foundations(Adobe) have launched Project VoiceScape, an ...
By 3BL Media
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U.S. Green Building Council Celebrates the 2021 Class of LEED Fellows
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally, has announced the 2021 class of LEED Fellows. Twenty-one individuals from around the world are being recognized for their mastery of LEED, the world’s most widely used green building ...
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Is Houston Solar Ready?
The U.S. Green Building Council-Texas Gulf Coast Chapter is pleased to announce the release of its first collaborative research review and publication, “Is Houston Solar Ready?” The publication release will begin at 10 a.m. March 27 with a panel discussion on the implementation of solar in Houston. An exhibit of the latest solar technologies in Houston will also be open at that time. ...
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USGBC Gulf Coast Chapter Named BBB Accredited Charity
The U.S. Green Building Council-Texas Gulf Coast Chapter was recently awarded the Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity seal, which recognizes it as a mission-driven, transparent and efficient non-profit organization. This seal is considered one of the highest benchmarks a non-profit organization can receive. It is designed to help sponsors and community ...
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Carrier Lecture Series Grows Green Building in Singapore and Thailand
As Southeast Asia's building industry strives to meet the needs of its growing urban population, building owners are turning to green building as a solution. According to a study by McGraw-Hill Construction, green building activity is on the rise with 89 percent of Singapore building firms expecting more than 60 percent of their projects to be green by 2015. Carrier, the world's leader in high ...
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Enterprise launches affordable housing design leadership institute, brings design excellence to low-income communities nationwide
Leading an effort to bring the benefits of design excellence to low-income communities nationwide, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) will hold the inaugural Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute July 21 - 23, 2010, in Minneapolis. Lawrence Scarpa of Pugh + Scarpa, the 2010 American Institute of Architects Firm of the Year, will provide the keynote speech on July 21st at ...
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EPA scores 100 percent on sustainability and energy goals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its fiscal year 2010 scorecard on sustainability and energy performance. EPA is meeting or exceeding all the federal goals to decrease energy use per square foot; reduce potable water use per square foot; lessen fleet petroleum use; establish inventories of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions; incorporate sustainable building ...
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New toolkit to help local governments with green building practices (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announced the release of the Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit for Local Governments (Toolkit). The Toolkit was developed collaboratively by the Agency’s Regional Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Division and Water Protection Division and Pollution Prevention Office, with support from the EPA Green Building and Smart ...
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Strategic sustainability consulting - green auditor certification program
Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC) is pleased to announce the next class of its popular Green Auditor Certification Program, to be held in Washington, DC from May 26-28, 2010. Participants will learn all of the skills needed to take an organization through the Green Audit process, including: Determining employees' attitudes and awareness about 'going green' Calculating a carbon ...
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Owens corning headquarters earns gold LEED-EB green building status
The global headquarters of Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) in Toledo, Ohio, has become the third existing building in Ohio to earn the prestigious gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Existing Building (EB) program. To achieve the award, the building's design and operation has met stringent standards as an ...
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BHS signs US$16m contract for single stream system
Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has signed a $15.7 million contract to design, manufacture and install single stream and mixed commercial processing equipment for a new materials recovery facility (MRF) at the Shoreway Recycling and Disposal Center in San Carlos, CA, managed by the South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA). South Bay Recycling (SBR), a joint venture between Community Recycling ...
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ComEd, Regional Partners Win $500,000 Federal Award to Advance Planning for Electric Vehicles
ComEd, in partnership with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the Respiratory Health Association (RHA), Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories, announced it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive one of just seven awards made nationally through the federal Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) initiative. The $500,000 federal award will support ...
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrates Award-Winning Santa Paula Water Recycling Facility
Local and regional government officials, members of the local community, and project team members participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony of the award-winning Santa Paula Water Recycling Facility last Thursday, June 2nd. In 2007, the City of Santa Paula's non-compliant, almost 70-year-old wastewater treatment facility faced severe compliance fines and needed to be replaced quickly. ...
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Abengoa’s headquarters, Campus Palmas Altas, becomes a global benchmark after obtaining LEED Platinum certification
This is the highest of the four categories established by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), making it the first building in Europe to obtain this certification. Campus Palmas Altas has attained the highest score in its category worldwide Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and ...
By Abengoa
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group Headquarters Earns LEED® Gold Certification
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE:DPS) today announced that its Plano headquarters earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certification for a multi-use building by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Designated a "multi-use facility” because it includes not only offices but also a research and development center and a data center, ...
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Enterprise rent-a-car leads car rental industry in sustainable construction; $150 million investment over five years
A new industry-leading effort is under way to make all newly constructed and retrofitted Enterprise Rent-A-Car locations sustainable. Over the next five years, Enterprise will invest more than $150 million in sustainable construction through the use of a newly established set of guidelines called the Enterprise Sustainable Construction Protocol (ESCP). A comprehensive framework for sustainable ...
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Aurecon’s Melbourne fit-out showcases leading sustainability design and innovation
The building is situated at 850 Collins Street, Docklands, and houses approximately 600 of the company’s Melbourne staff. It has been hailed as a celebration of green-minded design and planning. The fit-out project received a 6 Star Green Star Office – Interiors v1.1 rating during just one round of assessment from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), achieving 100% of its ...
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First-of-its-Kind Report Ranks U.S. Insurance Companies on Climate Change Responses
Amid growing evidence that climate change is having wide-ranging global impacts that will worsen in the years ahead, a new report from Ceres ranks the nation's 330 largest insurance companies on what they are saying and doing to respond to escalating climate risks. The report found strong leadership among fewer than a dozen companies but generally poor responses among the vast majority. The ...
By Ceres
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Vermont Organizations and Residents Recognized by EPA for Environmental Achievements
Four winners in Vermont were recognized today at EPA’s 2015 Environmental Merit Awards ceremony. The environmental leaders were among 27 recipients across New England honored for helping to improve New England’s environment. Each year EPA New England recognizes individuals and groups in the six New England states who have worked to protect or improve the region’s environment in ...
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