Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 29, 2017

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007.

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Stok

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Some exciting news coming out of California means big things for Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs), which analyze a product’s full life cycle environmental impacts and identify prioritized areas for carbon reduction. AB 2446 will have a large impact on developers and the development landscape in California and beyond. Reach out to connect.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 2, 2021

How This California Nonprofit Developer Does Affordable Communities. Visionary Home Builders of California Inc developed its first affordable housing community in 1983. VHB’s new green communities feature energy-efficient appliances, sustainable materials and environmentally approved products, as well as solar energy.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Current green building programs actually encourage the use of concrete. The Marin County, California Low Carbon Concrete Code was the first in the nation to address the negative environmental externalities of concrete when it added a mandatory low carbon concrete specification to the Marin County Building Code.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable. Green Building Council in its LEED Homes Awards. Green Building Council, the creators of the LEED green building program, has selected outstanding projects in the affordable dwelling category for the 2020 LEED Homes Awards. Green Projects. Green Design.

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Construction Today

JULY 29, 2024

Nathan Jones, hailing from the green valleys of Wales, visits his builder dad in LA, and falls in love with the warm sunshine of California. The story of Jones Builders Group (JBG) could be made into a movie. Eventually moving to the US, he works on building projects with his dad, before moving on to work with other contractors.

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Natural Building

JANUARY 26, 2020

Given the thermal properties of thick adobe wall construction, which allows for less use of energy for cooling and heating, adobe builders were creating environmentally friendly “green” homes well before there was a call for such a thing. The post Adobe Homes in Southern California appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 21, 2016

So, with targets on the backs of cows, “for dairies, California will aim to reduce methane emissions. One of the many problems with that aim is California dairy cows already “produce low enteric fermentation emissions per gallon of milk“. About half of the emissions from the State’s 5.5 they belch less) when compared to other U.S.

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Rebecca Tasker, with a crew of apprentices, is building two straw bale houses near Escondido, California. About sixty times more carbon is sequestered in a bale than is emitted in the production of the materials,” said Tasker. “For a long time the green energy has focused on how much is produced after the house is built.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Read: Massachusetts, California Continue As Energy Efficiency Leaders at BusinessFacilities.com. New Jersey, Connecticut, Colorado, and South Dakota are most improved states, according to ACEEE's 2018 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.

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Business Facilities

MARCH 19, 2015

California Dreamin’ appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Biotech And Pharma Business Clusters/Corridors California Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Featured Post Online Features Quality Of Life Renewable Energy The Editor''s Blog U.S. -

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Massachusetts Tops California As Most Energy Efficient State appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Top 10 states are MA, CA, RI, OR, VT, CT, NY, WA, MD, and MN; five states most in need of improvement are ND, WY, SD, MS, and AK. Far West U.S. - New England U.S.

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Natural Building

JANUARY 30, 2021

Many of the structures have green or living roofs, although only a fraction of the 1,800 buildings have living roofs, and many of these are confined to the garage, connecting the building directly to the surrounding earth while providing a pathway for grazing deer. As soil does not burn, sod roofs may provide protection for the roof below.

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Business Facilities

JANUARY 2, 2019

A cybersecurity labor market survey reveals an alarming gap between the number of job openings and the number of qualified applicants to fill these positions in California. Read: California: Building A Supply Chain For Cyber Skills at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Business Facilities

APRIL 22, 2019

Read: Green Development & Sustainability: Letting The Sunshine In at BusinessFacilities.com. As states are racing to be among the leaders powered 100-percent by renewable energy, industrial giants like Samsung are pledging to join them in adopting this gold standard for sustainability at their manufacturing plants.

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Green Industry Professionals

AUGUST 19, 2019

The concept of controlled burns isn't new but California is using prescribed fires and thinning to a tactic called SPLAT to help prevent catastrophic fires by lighting smaller fires

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 7, 2016

By now, the employer community is well aware of the wide-ranging implications of Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. , Green JobWorks, LLC , 364 N.L.R.B. 362 N.L.R.B. On August 16, 2016, in Retro Environmental, Inc./Green

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Business Facilities

JULY 21, 2017

California retains its crown as the nation's king of solar power: The Golden State was the top-ranked state in all three solar power categories in Business Facilities' 13th Annual Rankings Report. Read: California Keeps Crown As King Of Solar Power.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Solyndra is the solar panel manufacturer in California that qualified for a $535 million federally-backed loan. As I started thinking about the broader implications of the Solyndra collapse, I could not help but draw parallels to a similar federally-funded green project that has not panned out as expected: Destiny USA. It already has.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Green Building Council’s annual Top 10 States for LEED Green Building ranking. Read: Illinois Was Tops For Green Building In 2018 at BusinessFacilities.com. Massachusetts and Washington earned the second and third spots in the U.S.

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Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Business Report: California – Sacramento County Plans For The “Next Economy” appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Business Report California Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Featured Post Magazine Magazine Highlights Renewable Energy U.S. -

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 7, 2016

By now, the employer community is well aware of the wide-ranging implications of Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. , Green JobWorks, LLC , 364 N.L.R.B. 362 N.L.R.B. On August 16, 2016, in Retro Environmental, Inc./Green

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The Northern California branch of the U.S. Green Building Council is leading the “Building Health Initiative” that seeks to improve the indoor environment of green buildings. They intend to raise awareness about the health effects of the built environment. read more.

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Contractor Magazine

JUNE 13, 2012

Green Geothermal. Green Mechanical Awards. Home > Bath/Kitchen > Faucets > California Faucets Achieves Made in California Program Status. California Faucets Achieves Made in California Program Status. California Faucets has earned recognition by the Made in California Program.

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Construction Equipment

JULY 17, 2017

Waste Management tested the unit for six months and hundreds of hours at its Redwood Landfill and Recycling Center, a green waste facility in Novato, Calif., as well as its Moreno Valley, Calif., transfer station.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America has announced that third-party supply chain solutions provider NFI began piloting two Volvo VNR Electric trucks as part of the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project, becoming the third company to deploy its battery-electric trucks. The Volvo…

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

California State University’s $27-million, 34,000-sq-ft College of Professional and International Education (CPIE) serves as a hub for international students to collaborate and integrate with the broader campus community.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

California Has Largest Advanced Energy Industry In U.S. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic California Energy (Renewable/Alternative/Green) Featured Post Incentives Renewable Energy U.S. - appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine.

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Business Facilities

JULY 25, 2018

Texas continues to rule the roost in Installed Wind Power Capacity while California remains the top-ranked state in Installed Solar Power Capacity, according to Business Facilities' 14th Annual Rankings Report. Read: Texas Rules In Wind Power, California Still The Sun King at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Contractor Magazine

JUNE 30, 2015

California embraces new path to achieve LEED certification as state struggles with drought. Green Building Council announced today the availability of a new path forward for California project developers seeking LEED certification. read more.

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BD+C

MARCH 6, 2019

26 the University of California, Davis officially broke ground for The Green at West Village, a campus apartment project that is currently the largest student housing development in the country.

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Green Industry Professionals

MARCH 13, 2019

With 10 years of electric mower experience, Mean Green is now part of a commercial electric lawn and garden exchange program.

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Green Industry Professionals

MARCH 11, 2019

California officials have a plan to swap noisy gas-emitting lawn mowers used by professional landscapers with electric mowers.

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BD+C

JUNE 4, 2014

are collecting signatures for the “Green Downtown & Public Commons Initiative,” a controversial measure that critics charge would halt some development in the city. Volunteers in Berkeley, Calif., read more.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”. The largest study of the typology of modern slavery in the U.S.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 18, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America has deployed its first pilot VNR Electric truck in Southern California as part of the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project. The project is a collaboration with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) and 13 other…

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Green-procurement policies or green-building mandates can help accelerate the adoption of green-building practices, according to research by Timothy Simcoe and Michael Toffel.

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