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The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently released updated building efficiency standards for federal buildings. The mandatory design and construction standards and performance criteria apply to 300,000 federal buildings.
A report by an Urban Land Institute’s Advisory Services panel, commissioned by the city’s housing authority, Atlanta Housing (AH), offered ways the city could collaborate with developers to spur more housing construction.
The Contra Costa County Administration Building in Martinez, Calif., is the world’s first public project to achieve the zero-waste-focused TRUE Gold certification for construction. The TRUE Certification for Construction program, administered by Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), recognizes projects that achieve exceptional levels of waste reduction, reuse, and recycling.
Artificial intelligence could help U.S. buildings to significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, according to a paper by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
AI-powered software to identify and explain critical issues in construction contracts takes top prize.
Wide range of programs to reduce energy use, improve materials, train workers.
Will use the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator it helped create.
Efforts will account for climate change in future infrastructure design and construction.
‘Will create consistency for off-site construction; accelerate the industry’.
Agency also needs to address maintenance backlog.
Red tape to be cut to make interiors healthier and safer.
Group recommendation comes in wake of Surfside condo collapse.
Connected communities will accelerate renewable energy adoption and grid resilience.
Center for Green Schools at USGBC document for people without a technical background.
