"Winter is coming." This is the common refrain in the popular book, Game of Thrones, in which kings vie to take over lands. As I thought about the green building ...
Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link "Winter is coming." This is the common refrain in the popular book, Game of Thrones, in which kings vie to take over lands. As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Game of Throne...
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., helped lead the effort to place the language into the appropriations bill on grounds that the Pentagon needed to think more about building products' green qualities over the course of their entire life--from the moment a product's raw materials are extracte...
Example A - Government Contractor is hired to construct a building that complies with both LEED and the DoD green building code. Both LEED and the code require installation of a particular bike rack. The contractor installs a bike rack and submits for a LEED credit related during the ...
Email This Print Comments (1) Trackbacks Share Link It is not looking pretty for federal green building policy. Earlier in the year, I speculated that Congress might target green building certification as an unnecessary cost. Well, it happened. From the ASHRAE Government Affairs Updat...
Email This Print Comments (2) Trackbacks Share Link "Winter is coming." This is the common refrain in the popular book, Game of Thrones, in which kings vie to take over lands. As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Game of Th...
In the past, all new construction projects were required to meet the LEED Silver or an equivalent standard and/or to comply with the five principles of High Performance Sustainable Buildings. This year my office will issue a new construction code for high-performance, sustainable buil...
Email This Print Comments (1) Trackbacks Share Link The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed Henry Gifford's lawsuit (PDF) against the US Green Building Council. Gifford originally filed a class action lawsuit for $100 million dollars based ...
Thanks for the new post Chris. I like the "Winter is coming" analogy. I've been watching a lot of kid shows lately so what pops to my mind first is the Phineas and Ferb song "We're watching, and we're waiting. On the edge of our seats anticipating...." I really need to get HBO. I thin...
