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Four companies (Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, JLL, and Prologis) are working with the International Living Future Institute to support development of new versions of Zero Carbon Certification.
CBRE will use risk analysis platform Climate X to provide climate risk data to commercial renters and property owners. The agreement will help clients calculate climate-related risks and return on investments for retrofits or acquisitions that can boost resiliency.
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new national definition of a zero emissions building. The definition is intended to provide industry guidance to support new and existing commercial and residential buildings to move towards zero emissions across the entire building sector, DOE says.
Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Wash., 90 miles from Seattle, is in the process of expanding its ABET-accredited programs for electrical engineering, computer engineering and science, and energy science. As part of that process, the university is building Kaiser Borsari Hall, the 54,000-sf new home for those academic disciplines that will include teaching labs, research labs, classrooms, collaborative spaces, and administrative offices.
Goal is to ensure users are aware of factors that impact their ratings.
KWS Infra is piloting a program to make roads from plastic garbage, including bags and bottles extracted from the ocean.
The growth of IPD is among the key takeaways from the USGBC Region 7 Conference.
Seattle's Bullitt Center and the University Center at The New School are among AIA's top 10 green buildings for 2015.
The WELL Building Standard is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying and monitoring features that impact human health and wellbeing, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind.
The organization is offering technical assistance along with financial benefits.
The USGBC, ASHRAE, ICC, IES, and AIA are collaborating on a single green code.
The history of the green movement offers cues that we are on the precipice of another significant shift in the green union.
