How to Construct a House for LEED Certification?
The Constructor
JULY 17, 2020
Green Building Council in 1998, is a certification system for rating. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), developed by the U.S
Army Abandons LEED Certification
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 26, 2012
Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. The Army is abandoning LEED certification. Less than one month later, the Army has announced it is abandoning LEED certification. in lieu of pursuing LEED certification.
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New heights in sustainability: World’s largest Passive House office building
Construction Specifier
JANUARY 13, 2025
Tran/courtesy Holcim Designed by Handel Architects in collaboration with Steven Winters & Associates, SOCOTEC, and WSP to incorporate Passive House design in its office portion, Winthrop Center in Boston is the worlds largest Passive House-certified office building. What is Passive House?
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Passive House picks up steam
BD+C
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
million sf of residential, office, and retail space that will pursue LEED Platinum certification. Its 20 floors of office space—which Handel Architects designed in collaboration with MIT’s Metabolic Design Office—are being taken one step further to meet the Passive House Institute’s rigorous standards for energy efficiency.
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ICC 700 Residential Green Certifications Will More Than Double in 2014
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 16, 2014
As the residential green code is on the cusp of eclipsing 30,000 certifications, more than a dozen governments across the country are evaluating adopting mandates or incentives tied to ICC 700. A recent cost comparison found as a percentage of baseline house costs, LEED Silver cost 5 – 7 % where ICC 700 Silver cost 3%.
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SAFTI FIRST®’s IGCC Certification Provides More Innovative Fire Rated Glass Applications for Architects
Safti First
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Our latest achievement—becoming the first and only fire-rated glass manufacturer in North America to receive IGCC certification —marks a significant leap forward for both us and architects like you. This certification isn’t just about meeting industry benchmarks. For more information, you can also visit us online at www.safti.com.
Pennsylvania is First State to offer Tax Credit for Passive House
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 4, 2015
Pennsylvania is the first state to offer tax credits for low income Passive House building. Applications submitted under the PennHOMES and low income housing tax credit program are scored and ranked in accordance with a numerical criteria. “Maximize your gains, minimize your losses” summarize the approach.
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Passive House is “In” in 2017
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 8, 2017
As you consider what’s “in” and what’s “out” in 2017, within the realm of green building, Passive House is in. This “passive” approach, in contrast with active systems based on a constant supply of conditioned air by HVAC systems is the basis of Passive House. Governments in North America are beginning to drive Passive House.
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How to Prepare for OSHA’s New Crane Rule
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 12, 2018
We have seen a new silica rule that affects construction sites in the past year, though, and now we’re looking at a proposed crane operator certification rule , scheduled to go into effect this November. OSHA has proposed a new crane operator certification rule. OSHA’s Crane Operator Proposal. Compliance management is no small task.
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ICC Initiates Standards Process to Update Tiny House Requirements
Pro Builder
APRIL 11, 2023
The content of ICC/THIA Standard 1215: Design, Construction, Inspection and Regulation of Tiny Houses for Permanent Occupancy will continue to cover tiny houses used for permanent occupancy on a foundation or on wheels as addressed in the IRC. All of these are available on the Code Council’s dedicated off-site construction webpage.
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Can the EDGE Green Building System Save the Planet?
Green Building Law Update
MAY 22, 2016
EDGE, the acronym for “Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies” is a green building certification system for new residential and commercial buildings in emerging markets and developing countries. The photograph above from a popular tea house in Dingboche, Nepal depicts that LEED type notions of interior water use reduction (e.g.,
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8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects
BD+C
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
8 strategies for multifamily passive house design projects 0 qpurcell Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:22 Sustainability Stantec's Brett Lambert, Principal of Architecture and Passive House Certified Consultant, uses the Northland Newton Development project to guide designers with eight tips for designing multifamily passive house projects.
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Time to Bring Housing Home to Elected Officials
Pro Builder
APRIL 5, 2021
Time to Bring Housing Home to Elected Officials. NAHB is promoting "Bringing Housing Home," an outreach for builders to meet and contact their elected officials about issues affecting the industry. Fighting to keep housing a priority in Congress is at the core of what we do at the National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ).
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Maryland Schools will No Longer be LEED Certified
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 8, 2019
of this article without requiring an independent certification that the buildings have achieved the required standards.”. Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. In fact, we gave our first legal opinion on a LEED certified public building in Maryland in 2002. Public school construction is a big deal in the state.
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Arlington County is the First to Adopt Incentives Tied to LEED Version 4
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 21, 2014
floor area ratio (FAR) bonus density in exchange for obtaining a LEED Silver certification. Since the first LEED bonus density project was approved, 96 buildings have been approved by the County and of those, 56 have agreed to achieve LEED certification. FAR bonus for LEED Silver certification; 0.35
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First existing multifamily buildings to earn Energy Star certification unveiled
BD+C
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Multifamily Housing Construction' Body Image: read more.
Prescient receives ICC certification for seismic resilience system
BD+C
MARCH 10, 2020
Prescient, a digital design-build company focused on modular multi-unit housing, has received certification from the International Code Council Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) for its Prescient Seismic System.
Sag Harbor Wants to Give You a Million Dollar Tax Break on Your LEED House
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
On September 10, 2013, the Village Board of Trustees of Sag Harbor adopted Local Law #4 of 2013 , providing, “construction of improvements to real property meeting LEED certification standards for green buildings shall be exempt from taxation to the extent provided by this local law.”
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Plainfield, Ill., recreation center projected to achieve the Passive House Institute US PHIUS+ Source Zero certification
BD+C
MAY 9, 2019
is projected to be the first building of its kind to achieve the Passive House Institute US PHIUS+ Source Zero certification. The recently completed Prairie Activity and Recreation Center (PARC) in Plainfield, Ill.,
Viewpoint Technology Awards – Call for Submissions
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 5, 2018
To track health and safety certification information, Yates started issuing each employee a hard hat sticker and wallet card containing a QR code that can be scanned by any mobile device to retrieve safety certification information for that employee. Western Allied Mechanical Inc. Digitally Transforming Operations with Spectrum.
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New Passive House standards offers prescriptive path that reduces costs
BD+C
DECEMBER 2, 2020
The latest Passive House Institute U.S. PHIUS) standard , expected to be released early next year, contains a prescriptive path option that could reduce the cost of certification. .
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West Virginia Will House Virgin Hyperloop Facility
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 7, 2020
A former coal mine will now be a six-mile test track and certification center.
Largest Passive House office building in the U.S. will be built in Chicago?s West Loop
BD+C
JUNE 13, 2018
to achieve Passive House certification (and only the second building overall) if plans recently unveiled by Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc. A 12-story office building planned for 310 N. Sangamon in Chicago’s West Loop will become the largest office building in the U.S.
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Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously
Green Building Law Update
JUNE 10, 2018
The change is significant for buildings pursuing LEED or Green Globes certification, for buildings with GSA or other government space leases tied to an ENERGY STAR score of 75, for buildings in cities with mandatory benchmarking, and for the more than 450,000 commercial properties that have an ENERGY STAR score. You have 75 days to act.
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Green Building Law Update
MAY 22, 2016
EDGE, the acronym for “Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies” is a green building certification system for new residential and commercial buildings in emerging markets and developing countries. The photograph above from a popular tea house in Dingboche, Nepal depicts that LEED type notions of interior water use reduction (e.g.,
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The New and Improved 2020 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard
Green Building Law Update
MAY 10, 2020
As of April 1, 2020, more than 216,000 residential dwellings have been certified to the NGBS through NGBS Green, the third-party certification program administered by Home Innovation Research Labs. And yes, that is more domestic certifications than LEED and Green Globes combined. Replacing the 2015 edition (.
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156 Defense Authorization Act Lifts Ban on LEED Gold and Platinum
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 30, 2013
In the National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal 2012, section 2830(b)(1) provided, “No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 may be obligated or expended for achieving any LEED gold or platinum certification.”
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Net Zero House Lawsuit Filed Against Home Builder
Green Building Law Update
JUNE 30, 2019
Department of Energy of Energy, Zero Energy Ready Home certified, others as National Green Building Standard certified, and others as having achieved Energy Star certification; and there is no allegation in the lawsuit that the homes do not so qualify or are not otherwise so certified.
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The first net-zero hotel in the U.S. is nearing completion in Connecticut
BD+C
AUGUST 25, 2021
and its transformation is guided by Passive House and LEED Platinum certification standards. This 110,000-sf, 165-room hotel is being touted by its developer as the first net-zero carbon hotel in the U.S.,
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Fannie Mae Interest Rate Break on Green Building
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 6, 2015
The exciting news in residential green building is that the Federal National Mortgage Association, commonly known as Fannie Mae, is providing incentives, including lower interest rates for multifamily properties with a green building certification. s multifamily housing stock.” There is no minimum or maximum loan size.
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120 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria Being Updated
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 10, 2014
While the Criteria was developed by Enterprise to “provide a clear, cost-effective framework for all affordable housing development types in any location in the country, including new construction and rehabilitation in multifamily as well as single-family buildings,” the Criteria are used in more than just affordable housing.
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HUD Adopts 2009 IECC (Not the 2012 or 2015 version) and Why You Care
Green Building Law Update
JUNE 6, 2015
Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. for multifamily buildings will not negatively affect the affordability and availability of HUD and USDA assisted housing. for multifamily buildings will not negatively affect the affordability and availability of HUD and USDA assisted housing.
What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan
Construction Marketing
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Construction only : This type of loan covers house building costs only and requires for the loan to be repaid in full within a year after the project’s completion or refinanced into a mortgage. It can only be acquired with the proper education certification, expertise, and a contractor’s license.
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Construction Business Owner
APRIL 12, 2012
You need to be a certified LEED contractor, which means you’ll need to study for and take the certification test. LEED Certification and Construction Software. So what exactly does getting LEED certification have to do with business management or even construction software? I suggest looking at Green-Buildings.com or the U.S.
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Developer’s Guide To Energy Efficient Properties
Construction Marketing
MARCH 31, 2023
Developer’s Guide to an Energy Efficient Property Before making any changes to your house, you can first run an energy audit to check how much energy is being used within the home. The agent can ensure that the property meets all the energy efficient features and has all its certifications before you decide to purchase.
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195 New designation launched to streamline LEED review process
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) has launched LEED Proven Provider, a new designation that streamlines the LEED project review process for experienced organizations that demonstrate consistent excellence in administering LEED projects. Green Building Council (USGBC) and GBCI. “It
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Building Efficiency Drives Customer Retention
Pro Builder
OCTOBER 11, 2021
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Thrive reported 26% customer retention by prioritizing third-party certification for major selling points like energy efficiency standards and product performance. Infill Housing. Infill Housing. Read More. . Building Technology.
2018 IgCC to be Adopted in Baltimore City
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 18, 2020
That is, there are options; there are alternative compliance paths, including a structure that achieves: LEED Silver certified or better, Certain multi family residential and mixed use structures, NGBS Silver or better, Enterprise Green Communities certification, or. GBI Two Green Globes rating.
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Parking structures group launches LEED-type program for parking garages
BD+C
JUNE 2, 2014
Responding to the growing desire for more livable communities and rising concern about our planet, the Green Parking Council (GPC), an affiliate of the International Parking Institute (IPI), launched the Green Garage Certification program. The program is the parking industry equivalent of the U.S.
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The Women’s House in Morocco
Natural Building
APRIL 12, 2020
They built a Women’s House in close collaboration with local women and workers: a place where women can share their crafts with the community and visitors. The features of the site were taken as starting points for the implementation and design of the Women’s House. You can read the original article at www.archdaily.com.
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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 18, 2018
Thursday also saw the USGBC announcement that the STAR Community Rating System, which offers certification for sustainable communities, will be integrated into USGBC’s LEED for Cities and LEED for Communities programs. That night the Greenbuild Celebration at the Field Museum was headlined by blues legend Buddy Guy.
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False Advertising Claims over Net Zero and LEED Certified Homes
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
Homebuyers are making claims of false advertising over “Net Zero LEED certified” houses in midtown Sacramento – that may be neither. The application to the Sacramento City Council in 2010 for 34 sewer connection fee credits by Pacific Housing, Inc. None of the 34 houses were registered with GBCI as pursuing LEED certification.
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120 Securing Your Construction Business Online with SSL Technology
Construction Marketing
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
SSL encryption protects personal info, digital transactions, and even secures sales and marketing data housed on your website’s server. Purchasing a SSL certificate for your website is the first step to securing your online construction business. It’s important to demonstrate that you take your customers’ data privacy seriously.
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New RESNET Label Provides Home Energy-Efficiency Ratings and Certifications Info
Pro Builder
MARCH 31, 2023
The label provides information about the home’s ratings and certifications, including: HERS Index score HERSH2O Index score RESNET Carbon Index score U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. RESNET Accredited Rating Providers can also download the label through their admin access to the RESNET Registry.
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