Green Miami Sustainability 
Construction Specifier
JUNE 17, 2024
Model building codes (I-codes) developed by the International Code Council ( ICC ) play a crucial role in constructing safe, sustainable, and resilient structures. 5 Stronger and safer buildings Concrete is the world’s most widely used construction material due to its significant performance, sustainability, and cost advantages.
Construction Specifier
MARCH 6, 2022
Additionally, these early phases should also be approached through a lens of sustainability. It has been said before: “lean is green;” and “avoid overbuilding.” At Miami University in Ohio, space planners were able to right-size research and other areas by applying utilization data. Do not overbuild.
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Building Radar
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The new phase includes additional office towers and luxury residential units, alongside extensive public areas and green spaces. This project is expected to transform transportation in Texas, offering a sustainable and efficient alternative to driving or flying.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
MAY 28, 2013
The purpose-built data center was completed in 2012, and it reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainable data center design and development. Green Building Council, provides standards for environmentally sustainable design and construction and for high-performance green buildings.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
AUGUST 21, 2013
percent and that climate-change has become a self-sustaining phenomenon. If you don’t think climate change is on the verge of becoming self-sustaining, consider this: The U.S. The study estimates present and future flood losses in 136 of the world’s largest coastal cities (including New York, Miami, New Orleans and Tampa in the U.S.).
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 7, 2016
This public health crisis is not limited to the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami. As of August 3, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises there are only 6 confirmed “locally acquired mosquito born cases” of Zika, 16 sexually transmitted cases, and 1,818 travel associated cases in the continental U.S.,
Green Building Law Update
JULY 10, 2016
Some years ago an ordinance enacted by the City of Miami Beach received accolades across the globe when it protected endangered sea turtles that nest on the beaches of Miami Beach, by “restricting artificial lighting and other activities that disorient turtle hatchlings, causing them to crawl toward land rather than toward the ocean.”.
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