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Green Globes Wins DoD Endorsement

December 10, 2013December 10, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

In another victory for the Green Globes, the US Department of Defense has decided to allow its facilities to use the green building certification program. While the US Green Building Council’s LEED certification has long been the standard of choice for the federal government’s new construction and major renovations, the ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Globes, SCS and LEED, Recycled Asphalt

December 10, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

ECD Energy and Environment Canada has released a new version of Green Globes for New Construction Canada, based largely on a Canadian adaptation of ANSI/GBI 01-2010 – Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings. Green Globes calls this the most significant upgrade to the Canadian standard since its launch in 2004. SCS ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Superior Energy Performance, Turbidity, NREL’s LEED

November 12, 2013November 12, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Mack Trucks’ Macungie Cab and Vehicle Assembly operation in Macungie, Penn., has become the first US manufacturing facility to receive platinum-level Superior Energy Performance certification, under the Mature Energy Pathway category, as well as ISO 50001 certification. The Mature category recognizes facilities that achieve aggressive energy improvements over a 10-year period. ASTM ... Read more »

Green Globes Wins GSA Recommendation

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

In a big win for the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes certification program, the US General Services Administration (GSA) on Friday recommended the federal government use either the Green Globes or US Green Building Council’s LEED to gauge environmental performance in its construction and renovation projects. The GSA previously required ... Read more »

Green Globes Making Strides

October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The GSA’s decision to recommend the Green Globes building standard as an alternative to LEED, for federal buildings outside the GSA portfolio, represents another milestone for the upstart certification. An agency spokesman told Environmental Leader that when the GSA started recommending green building certifications in 2006, there wasn’t a lot ... Read more »

Green Globes Cuts Multiple-Building Projects Certification Costs

July 24, 2013July 24, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

A new volume program offered by the Green Globes online rating tool is designed to streamline the process and slash the direct cost of sustainability assessments by up to 75 percent for clients seeking green building certification on multiple buildings of a similar design. The volume program is available to ... Read more »

Green Globes: Gunning for LEED

June 7, 2013October 28, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

For many sustainability professionals, “green building certification” equals “LEED.” Green Globes wants to change that. The online assessment and rating tool has undergone several transformations in its lifetime, starting as the BREEAM Canada for Existing Buildings standard and moving to something more like its current form in 2000. Green Globes now ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Globes, Stormwater, NASA

June 6, 2013June 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Green Building Initiative has released what it calls the most significant upgrade to the Green Globes for New Construction program since its US launch in 2006. Green Globes NC is now based on an ANSI standard, ANSI/GBI 01-2010: Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings, and the GBI says ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Carbon Capture, UL Zero Waste, GSA Review

February 7, 2013June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

DNV KEMA has launched a risk management guide for the carbon capture and storage industry, CO2Riskman, which aims to increase public confidence in the technology through knowledge-based, consistent hazard management. The new guidance, developed over 15 months through a joint industry project with support from 16 industry and regulator organizations, ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: WindMade Expands, USGBC, Green Globes

December 4, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

The WindMade organisation will next year launch a consumer label for companies using any of a variety of renewable energy sources, including wind, solar and geothermal along with hydro power and biomass from approved certification schemes. The new label will be applicable to organizations, buildings, events and eventually products, and ... Read more »

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