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BRIGHT GREEN KNOWLEDGE LEADS TO HEALTHIER BUILDINGS

Category Other

As designers, we have a unique responsibility to understand and articulate the big picture folded within environmental issues and their effect on our planet and humanity.  After all, everything we design has a far-reaching, long-term impact on the environment and the people who interact with the buildings we design.  Over the past decade it has become common knowledge that the built environment has a vast impact on us and our world, consuming over 40% of all energy we use, using up to 30% of all raw materials on earth, and polluting the air we breathe.

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STATE OF GREEN

Category Real Estate

These days, commercial real estate conferences and industry gatherings boast a healthy representation of breakout sessions, products and services promoting environmental responsibility and the latest in green building trends…and that’s a good thing. But, talking about going green and actually taking steps to transform a building are quite different.

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OUR BUILDING ENVIRONMENT

Category Regionalization

This is the third article delineating emerging sustainable regulations as defined in the fourth edition public draft of the Standard 189.1P Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings.  The first two articles, illustrated in previous U.S. Green Building Council North Texas Chapter digital magazine editions, described elements from energy and sustainable sites. This brief overview article concentrates upon information as it relates to the materials, resources, and indoor environment air quality portions of the regulation.

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SUSTAINABLE STANDARDS - STANDARD 189 PERSPECTIVE

Category Site & Landscape

As introduced in the August Edition of the North Texas Chapter digital magazine, the fourth edition public draft of the Standard 189.1P Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings was released in September anticipating a publish date in January 2010.  The standard is a joint partnership between the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) that is designed to significantly move forward sustainable concepts and construction by providing a code-enforceable standard for green buildings that may be adopted by jurisdictions, agencies, clients, rating systems, and regulatory entities.


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