2002 Green Residential 
Natural Building
MARCH 12, 2020
The International Residential Code, the model code used as the basis for building codes in 49 of the 50 United States, now includes appendices on both straw bale and light straw clay construction. The nonprofit Cob Research Institute recently submitted an appendix on cob construction, which was accepted as part of the 2021 IRC.
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 28, 2019
In 2018 the legislature authorized the use of “graywater” under specified conditions for residential purposes including household gardening, composting, lawn watering, landscape irrigation, or flushing of a conventional toilet or urinal. Stormwater and Flood Management. Sediment and Erosion Control. to elect a new Speaker.
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Contractor Magazine
JUNE 7, 2012
Residential Plumbing. Green Geothermal. Green Mechanical Awards. Dried up trap seals can allow pathogens to spread through a building, as they did in 2002-2003 when more than 900 persons in Asia died of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, related Steven White, director and product manager for Dyteqta International Ltd.
Natural Building
MAY 2, 2021
He wrote “The Cobber’s Companion” in 1996 and co-authored “The Hand-Sculpted House” (published by Chelsea Green, 2002) and “The Art of Natural Building (2nd edition, New Society, 2015).” He helped organize the first Natural Building Colloquium in 1994. With his partner and children, he stewards a 20-acre organic farm in Yolo County.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
AUGUST 5, 2013
Inspired by New Urbanism design principles, the complex will include an office building that will house the new IBM Services Center, as well as a separate, 11-story residential building with 95 river-view apartments and nine separate town homes. The BRAF-affiliated Wilbur Marvin Foundation (WMF) will own the office building.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 15, 2014
The sites include the Greene and Sumter Renewal Community, made up of both counties, the Mobile Renewal Community, which includes Prichard and a section of east Mobile, and the Southern Alabama Renewal Community, which includes Wilcox County and parts of Butler, Conecuh, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe and Perry Counties.
Building Information Management
OCTOBER 15, 2015
findings also suggest that strong owner commitment towards sustainability, early involvement of the constructor, and early inclusion of green strategies are crucial attributes for a delivery process that can potentially affect project outcomes, especially sustainability goals” (Molenaar et al., Green Building Council. Molenaar, K.
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