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“Over the past 10 years, our project team from 14 disciplines, including civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical engineering; instrumentation control and process; environmental, architectural and landscape design; public engagement, cost estimation, permitting and regulatory compliance; and green building certification have contributed to ...
Funded through NYSERDA's $6 billion Clean Energy Fund, the Future Housing Initiative offers building owners and developers up to $10,000 per unit and up to $1.5 million per project to fund the construction of high-performance, all-electric multifamily buildings that will achieve "Passive House" certification, the gold standard for sustainable ...
To tackle these challenges, the European research project 'building a water-smart society and economy', short B-WaterSmart, develops and demonstrates smart technologies and circular economy approaches for the water sector. ...
In many areas, on-site solutions are regulated by local building codes and may have certification by various agencies. Typically, there is also a maximum daily capacity of on-site systems that may be regulated by these local codes. ...
Beyond the ecological aspect and long-term money savings, another incentive that motivates many companies to install Salher water reuse systems is to obtain sustainable labels and certifications for their buildings. In Spain, there is the LEED certification, the BREEAM and the green label, which also allow the saving of taxes such as the IBI ...
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Buildings are responsible for 40 % of the energy consumption in Europe, but currently, only a small fraction of existing buildings has an Energy Performance Certificate Label A. This shows that thermal insulation of buildings, equipment, pipes etc. can greatly reduce energy use and hence can achieve considerable cost savings and ...
Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that it has surpassed one billion square feet of LEED commercial green building space recertified under LEED. ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally, has announced the 2021 class of LEED Fellows. Twenty-one individuals from around the world are being recognized for their mastery of LEED, the ...
Bruno Lhopiteau, Managing Director of Siveco China, will speak on the subject of "Maintenance 4.0 at the heart of the Sustainable Plant": Green building certifications have expanded from design to operation, as buildings seldom perform as designed if not maintained well. ...
The DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) offers a modular training program for sustainable building design and its certification system. ...
Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM certification means that the combination of glass and a PVB interlayer has been tested and approved for Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM Silver certification in the five performance categories. This makes all the difference: Stratobel and Stratophone earned silver certification in three categories, including chemical ...
In this context the in January of 2019 by the DA and bvse established “limited company of quality assurance secondary building materials”, brief QUBA GmbH, has also been introduced. The aim of the QUBA is especially the creation of a national quality certification for mineral secondary building materials. Hereby a high quality of ...
WorldGBC has launched the case study library in recognition of growing market demand to highlight the 'best in class' buildings that excel in key areas of sustainability, and the role of certification schemes to provide third party assurance of performance. ...
Hygieneering incorporates proven and established industrial hygiene principles and assessment tools that can help with LEED certification and green building designation. Hygieneering's services provide facilities with a proactive approach to maintaining healthy and comfortable indoor air quality. ...
Maastricht University and CBRE researchers note that building certification schemes have acquired a prominent place in a building’s overall profile. ...
A German-founded, international cosmetics manufacturer has awarded Envirochemie a second contract to plan and build a wastewater treatment facility in Latin America, featuring membrane technology for integrated water recycling processes. ...
The company will seek the necessary permits from the city to build the Center and expects to break ground for the facility next spring. FirstEnergy expects to submit this project to be considered for the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. LEED is an internationally recognized ...
When asked to identify the most effective policies driving investments in energy improvement, 83 percent of survey participants ranked building performance benchmarking and certification as very or extremely important, followed closely (81 percent) by government leadership in leasing, building design and retrofits. "Benchmarking and ...
The Frankfurt exhibition grounds are among the largest and most modern anywhere in the world and are constantly being enhanced with regard to appearance, functionality and environmental efficiency. The Kap Europa congress building, which has been in operation since mid-2014, was the first congress building worldwide to be awarded Platinum ...
The four 3-megawatt units on steel towers, with a hub height of 92.5 meters, comply with the strict technical and building regulations based on their DiBt-type certifications. For Süderauerdorf wind farm, Siemens Gamesa will also be in charge of service and maintenance for a period of 20 years. Further north in Schleswig-Holstein, the community wind farm ...