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Leonardo Academy launched the development of a standard for sustainability master plans using the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)...
The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) approved changes to its NFRC 100 and NFRC 200 standards, allowing certain shading devices to be...
Quarterly interpretations and addenda to the LEED 2009 rating systems and reference guides are now available.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) researchers are working on new building standards after...
Sir Fraser Morrison, the owner and chairman of architect RMJM, is the backer behind the investment firm that bought RMJM for £11m in...
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has published a second edition of its “HVAC Design Manual...
The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) was recently accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an ANSI Accredited...
The Department of Defense should continue to require that its new buildings or major renovations to facilities be designed to achieve a LEED-...
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed air-pollution standards that it says will reduce the amount of sulfur in U.S. gasoline by two-...
Though most new skyscraper designs have a traditional look, they are including a wider array of sustainable elements to use energy and water more...
U.S. labs that conduct research on bioterror germs such as anthrax are at risk for accidents because they do not have uniform design and operation...
The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) released three new revisions to the ANSI/BHMA standardsfor hinges, interconnected locks,...
The 2013 version of the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is scheduled for...
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International and the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) released a report, “...
An American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers committee drafting tough new standards to prevent the waterborne...
The AGC Federal Contractors Conference provides a venue for contractors and federal agency personnel to meet in a collaborative forum to review...
Changes to the newly published BACnet standard from ASHRAE will encourage smart building automation controls systems including alarms.
The Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing (CEIR) released its new RoofPoint Energy and Carbon Calculator that is designed to help roofing...
A Florida House bill that says state agencies should decide on a project-by-project basis which green certification standards are used on state...
An ambitious experiment in Fort Collins, Colo., is supporting development of the nation’s first major urban zero-energy district.
