Continuing California's efforts to fight climate change and protect the environment, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently announced the California Building Standards Commission (BSC) unanimously ...

The International Code Council (ICC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering ...

The California Building Standards Commission, Sacramento, Calif., recently announced that the nation’s first Green Building Standards Code became effective August 1 The California Building Standards ...

Los Angeles—As the most populous state in the U.S., California is achieving quite a feat in raising the green building bar. The state is the first in the U.S. to adopt a mandatory code to reduce ...

OROVILLE -- Everyone knew it was coming. At least, that was the word Thursday from two state building officials who spoke in Oroville to outline the new mandatory "green" building codes set to become ...

Effective August 1, 2009, the California Green Building Standards Code (“Green Building Code”) will govern the planning, design, operation, construction, replacement, use and occupancy, location, ...

Dallas has become one of the first cities in the United States to implement mandatorygreen building standards. As of October 1, 2013, all residential and commercial projects must meet the Dallas Green ...

LEED building and design standards focus on six key areas:* Sustainable sites* Water efficiency* Energy and atmosphere* Materials and resources* Indoor environmental quality* Innovation and design ...

The city of Aspen is embracing a building-code revision that will set ambitious green building standards and require either a photovoltaic solar panel system or payment into a renewable energy fund to ...

Jurisdictions in 15 states (in green) and Washington, D.C., have adopted part or all of the International Green Construction Code, integrated in the new release with ASHRAE’s sustainability standard.

Skanska USA is building the Kendeda Building at Georgia Tech, which is on track to be the first Living Building Challenge-certified facility of its size and function in the Southeast. Sustainable ...