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The International Code Council stripped out provisions from the 2024 update to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) that would have included beefed up circuitry for hooking up electric appliances and car chargers.
The Biden Administration recently released “Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy by 2050: A National Blueprint for the Buildings Sector,” a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from buildings by 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2050.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has opened the first public comment period for the first draft of LEED v5. The new version of the LEED green building rating system will drive deep decarbonization, quality of life improvements, and ecological conservation and restoration, USGBC says.
Boston has placed significant aspects of its plan to protect the city from rising sea levels on the actions of private developers. Amid a post-Covid commercial development slump, though, efforts to build protective infrastructure have stalled.
Growth has been slow, but enticing larger firms and getting help from local governments could provide a boost.
The new spaces range from about 8,500 to 11,000 sf and were added to Two Trees Management’s anchor office buildings.
Carlo Ratti Associati designed the garden with an innovative net-zero energy climate control system.
As building codes become more stringent and green rating systems grow in popularity, Valspar has developed products that meet ENERGY STAR and LEED rating system criteria.
Over 100 wellness features are incorporated into CBRE’s Vancouver office.
The sustainable structure will be a mixed-use development with a hotel, apartments, and office space.
Kengo Kuma is designing the hotel, which will feature a large garden and a plant-covered façade.
The project’s net-zero goals led to the development of a new curtain wall system.
The SteelStacks Arts and Cultural Campus in Bethlehem, Pa., receives the gold medal and $50,000.
Since its development in the 1990s, the LEED rating system has been applied to over 19.1 billion total commercial square feet.
