2008 Residential Zoning 
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 3, 2013
Baltimore City is poised to adopt a new zoning code that is among the most ''green building friendly'' land use ordinances in the country. A green building friendly zoning ordinance is significant when so many local codes including land use ordinances across the country stand in the way of sustainability efforts.
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 20, 2014
yes, version 2008). Launched in February 2008, LEED for Homes has certified over 43,000 residential units to date. Since its launch in 2008, energy codes for residential construction have become more stringent, including as increasingly more local governments adopt the International Energy Conservation Code 2012.
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Pro Builder
JANUARY 27, 2023
To address and mitigate an ongoing affordability crisis, state leaders are advocating for land-use reform that would prohibit residential growth caps, change parking requirements, legalize denser developments across the state, and lead to new construction near transit corridors, The Denver Post reports.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 22, 2014
It places extra emphasis on spurring development and private-sector job growth in new Garden State Growth Zones (GSGZ) identified in the legislation as the four lowest median family income cities in the state: Camden, Trenton, Passaic and Paterson. The new law builds on Christie’s commitment to revitalizing New Jersey’s cities. Christie said.
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 17, 2015
Baltimore was among the first jurisdictions, in 2007 to mandate that all “newly constructed, extensively modified non-residential buildings” “achieve a Silver rating in the appropriate LEED rating system or satisfy the Baltimore City Green Building Standard” (a LEED-like local enactment). ” Read on.
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.
Natural Building
APRIL 30, 2013
Shelter Publications made this new edition available in 2008 because of the relevance of the content to our current times. To help emphasize this van Lengen divides climate zones into “humid tropical,” “dry tropical” and “temperate” zones. In designing a house, the local climate will determine many aspect of what is appropriate.
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