Sentences with phrase «green building codes»

Do - it - yourself landlords looking to cash in on these renters frequently undertake row house renovations in promising neighborhoods like Petworth or Edgewood — usually in the hopes that it will be D.C.'s next Waterfront revitalization project, but in 2012 the District passed a number of the strictest green building codes in the United States.

Because many D.C. property management companies employ real estate professionals, they can often provide insight and guidance regarding new renovation restrictions and green building codes.

Green building codes and recommendations on now implemented LEED standards for new buildings are taken from the Mayors Taskforce Report on Green Building.

Building codes and green building codes are being changed to require higher levels of thermal insulation both for residential and commercial construction.

But even when I am in other communities around the Bay Area, it is the San Francisco Bay Area I live in, measured by the proximity to that marvelous city, home to green building codes, to universal health care, to bans on plastic bags, to mandatory composting, to rainbow flags waving proudly in the Castro breeze, to dog walking on Ocean Beach, to watching a ballgame at AT&T park, to the guy you love and hate at the same time, the great Mayor himself, Mr. Gavin Newsom.

There is also broad support for needed R&D funds and important scope for energy efficiency through weatherproofing and green building codes.

He added that in 2006 Babylon became the first Long Island town to adopt Energy Star standards for new home construction and also enacted the nation's most comprehensive green building code.

Their recommendations directly informed San Francisco's Green Building Code.

Suh, S., Tomar, S., Leighton, M., Kneifel, J., 2014: Environmental Performance of Green Building Code and Certification Systems, Environmental Science & Technology, 48 (5), 2551 — 2560.

This year, the ICC is considering changes for the 2015 edition of its green building code — the International Green Construction Code (IgCC).

Not exact matches

Climate - friendly investments will proceed through the government's green infrastructure fund and its forthcoming infrastructure bank — but the budget also allocates dollars specifically to clean energy priorities like smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, stronger building codes, and moving remote communities off diesel.

The federal government creates building code models for the provinces to use, says Weis, and it has the jurisdiction to support green building initiatives through incentives.

Enhanced building codes and standards, combined with incentives for «green retrofits» and new approaches to land - use planning, can significantly enhance energy efficiency.

Think about discovering codes that have changed, the extra brainpower needed to figure out the best energy - saving features (we want to make our new building as green and energy - efficient as possible — extra expense up front, but money - and environment - savings in the long run), and doing everything we can to stay within budget.

Products with GREENGUARD Certification or GREENGUARD Gold Certification can contribute to the achievement of points in established green building rating systems, satisfy code or ordinance criteria and meet indoor air quality specific RFP requirements.

In a 10 - minute address, he went on to list what he has accomplished since he was first elected in 2005 — lower taxes, a budget surplus, the revival of the waterfront, opening Main Street to traffic, providing 22,000 summer jobs for youth, clearing vacant houses, adopting the Green Code and the boom in building and economic development.

The City of Buffalo adopted its Green Code on April 3 which affects the way developers construct buildings.

The NYC Green Codes Task Force, which the mayor and city council sepaker convened to make the city's building code more environmentally - friendly, unveiled 111 recommendations yesterday, which await review by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Offering that «it's very hard to do a systematic change,» Girard cited her work as the chairwoman of Boston's interagency green building committee, in which every major construction project has to pass a checklist produced by the agency to comply with new adaptation codes.

With just over 1.3 million residents and 20 massive city parks, the open, green spaces and strict building codes create a village - like feel amidst a bustling city.

To earn the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, the project maximized open space with energy - efficient products designed to consume at least 28 percent less energy than code - compliant buildings.

It has good road signage, pedestrian ramps, wide open green spaces, and a building code requiring all buildings be made of concrete in order to reduce fires which plague Belize City where wood buildings and extreme congestion make this a recurring peril.

With the tons of games built within the system, the care and bells and whistles packed into nearly every app, the now launched eShop with classic games (FUN FACT: You can turn the Game Boy screen to its original spinach green color, or set it to it's native resolution complete with Game Boy border with a few simple button codes), the 3D movie and game trailers, AR Cards, Spot and StreetPass.

Also, the Urban Green Council, at the behest of the Mayor's office identified opportunities to remove barriers and improve performance within the building code.

The new code encourages «green building» by authorizing the establishment of incentives for «green building compliance».

Green home building with ENERGY STAR qualifications results in new homes that are substantially more energy efficient than homes built to minimum code requirements.

** Conquering the Energy Code qualifies for 7 AIA Health, Safety and Welfare learning units (HSW / LUs), 7 Green Building Certification Institute credits (GBCI), 7 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and 7 Code Enforcement Official credits (CEO).

And since California is already one of the greenest places in the country, increasing the pace at which homes are built there so California could accommodate a larger share of the population would do more for the environment than any number of tweaks to the building code.

The International Green Construction Code sets mandatory standards covering all aspects of building design and construction.

-- The Secretary of Agriculture may, by regulation, provide for the applicability of the energy efficiency standards under subsection (a) or the enhanced energy efficiency and conservation standards and green building standards under subsection (b), or both, with respect to any covered federally assisted housing described in paragraph (3)(B) or any assistance provided with respect to rural housing by the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture, subject to minimum Federal codes or standards then in effect.

-- The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, by regulation, provide for the applicability of the energy efficiency standards under subsection (a) or the enhanced energy efficiency and conservation standards and green building standards under subsection (b), or both, with respect to any covered federally assisted housing described in paragraph (3)(A) or any HUD assistance, subject to minimum Federal codes or standards then in effect.

To receive Green Community designation, communities must develop and implement a plan to reduce energy use by 20 percent within five years and meet additional criteria including allowing for permitting and siting of renewable energy, purchasing fuel - efficient and alternative fuel vehicles, and adopting more stringent building codes.

While the ZERO Code incorporates the latest ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - 2016 requirements for minimum building efficiency, other existing or new prescriptive and performance standards can also be accommodated, such as the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), ASHRAE Standard 189.1 - 2017, or any building energy efficiency standards that are more stringent than ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - 2016.

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Do the demands of building science, green building programs, or building codes infringe on our freedom of choice?

Brewer, Manhattan Borough Board call on City to erect zero net - energy building in Manhattan, endorse «passive house» green building standards for incorporation in building code

How To Be Green So, lets start with a basic requirement that we need a building that meets code and the standard of care.

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Paul has taught thousands of real estate professionals, architects, engineers, and building operators in building energy codes, green leasing techniques, and building operations.

Some of his suggestions for local planning initiatives include: Preserve wetlands by passing local wetlands protection laws; maintain biodiversity in the Hudson Valley by protecting sensitive lands through land acquisition; refrain from building in flood plains; require all new building to be «green» and sustainable and, ideally, change local building codes to require LEED certification; switch all public and government buildings to energy suppliers that provide wind and solar options as alternatives; implement smart growth communities by keeping construction in areas that are already developed thus preserving green corridors; and support cap - and - trade laws to decrease CO2 levels.

Localities have authority over the built environment (e.g. through zoning and building codes); they can implement smart growth initiatives and increase public transportation alternatives; they act as first responders for climate impacts; they deploy green infrastructure such as increasing land for open space and parks; and they drive green economies by offering tax relief and other incentives.

He notes that none of the companies has promised to make the heavy investments required to attain the highest platinum - level LEED certification, a widely accepted code set by the Green Building Council.

During her time at Urban Green, she worked with the New York City Mayor's Office to green the city's building codes, launched a national green training program for professionals in the construction industry, and published research on how to reduce the city's carbon emissions by Green, she worked with the New York City Mayor's Office to green the city's building codes, launched a national green training program for professionals in the construction industry, and published research on how to reduce the city's carbon emissions by green the city's building codes, launched a national green training program for professionals in the construction industry, and published research on how to reduce the city's carbon emissions by green training program for professionals in the construction industry, and published research on how to reduce the city's carbon emissions by 2050.

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International Code Council is very interested in using the Fukuoka green building image in a Safe and Sustainable Display booth at our Annual Conference.

All of the buildings will feature green roofs, passive solar design, beyond - code insulation and glazing, and low / no VOC paint and carpets.

This led to Europe's Green Parties lobbying the EU to simultaneously implement higher standards of energy conservation in building codes, and promote by an advertising campaign «Green Appliences» employing not just chlorine free HFC's, but toxic and flammable refrigerants like ammonia and propane that had been widely banned after the emergence of the inert Freons in the 1940's.

The LEED Gold ban may come to an end now that the Department of Defense (DoD) has provided Congress with the required cost - benefit analysis on green building rating systems and codes.

This is the initiative that could help spur green job growth in Alaska — people were going to be employed to make all those fixes to meet the better building codes, after all.

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