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Standards & Compliance Briefing: EPA Seeks REACH Data, ISO 14001 Timeline Set

The EPA may use its subpoena authority under Section 11 of the Toxic Substances Control Act to compel companies to give it chemical data that they provided to the EU for REACH compliance, ChemicalWatch reports. Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, director of the EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, said the agency will seek ... Read more »

LEED Marketing Potential ‘Breeds Greener Buildings’

The better marketing potential of a higher LEED rating encourages companies to construct greener buildings, according to a study by Georgia Tech and Indiana University – Purdue University researchers. Performance or Marketing Benefits? The Case of LEED Certification, led by Georgia Tech economist Daniel C. Matisoff examined the point scores for 5,238 new ... Read more »

Standards & Certification Briefing: Concrete PCR, Free Range, LEED

The Carbon Leadership Forum has published a new version of the Product Category Rules for concrete, the document used for developing Environmental Product Declarations for concrete. Version 1.1 updates the original PCR, published in November 2012, by increasing the number of environmental impacts that must be reported in EPDs, and ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Power over Ethernet, FSC, LEED

IEEE has initiated development of the IEEE P802.3bt “Draft Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair” to address the market need for more robust and efficient Power over Ethernet capabilities. The organization aims for the 802.3 amendment to increase the power and efficiency of ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: R2, Mumbai Airport LEED, MSC

XTechnology Global of Danvers, Mass., has become the first company to achieve certification to the newly upgraded R2:2013 Standard. The 2013 version incorporates ISO 14001, ISO9001 and OHSAS 18001, according to standards organization R2 Solutions. Terminal 2 at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, developed by GVK’s Mumbai International Pvt Ltd., has been certified as LEED ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Climate Data, B Corp, Green Printing

ASHRAE has updated Standard 169, Climatic Data for Building Design Standards, which it says serves as a comprehensive source of climate data for those involved in building design. Standard 169 now includes climate zone maps for the entire world, and an additional “Extremely Hot” Climate Zone 0 with humid (0A) and dry (0B) zones. ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Health Care Ventilation, ISO 14001, LEED

ASHRAE has published a revised version of ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities. The revised standard now specifically addresses provisions for energy recovery, and features updates, changes and clarifications dealing with humidity, ducted returns, recirculating rooms units and duct lining. Shorenstein Properties’ Lincoln Center, a Class A seven-building office campus in ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Rainwater Catchment, EPDs, Canola Oil and Cancer

The American National Standards Institute has approved ARCSA/ASPE/ANSI 63-2013: Rainwater Catchment Systems, which revises a standard originally published in 2007. The standard is designed to help engineers, designers, plumbers, builders/developers, local government officials, and end users in safely implementing a rainwater catchment system using precipitation from rooftops and other hard, impervious surfaces. ... Read more »


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