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UL Publishes Material-Agnostic Product Category Rule for Cladding

June 24, 2015June 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

UL Environment has published a new material-agnostic product category rule (PCR) for cladding products. Using this PCR will allow manufacturers to cut through the clutter of the 14 different material-specific PCRs currently existing, UL says. The market demand for increased transparency and data in the building materials marketplace has been ... Read more »

Construction Companies Cut Waste with Waste Management’s DART Tool

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ten construction companies, all using Waste Management’s Diversion and Recycling Tracking Tool (DART), have put more than 90 thousand tons of materials to reuse and achieved a 70 percent diversion rate. Waste Management has recognized these top waste reduction customers with its 2015 Sustainability Circle of Excellence Award. The winning ... Read more »

NSF Receives ANSI Program Operator Status to Develop PCRs, Verify EPDs

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

NSF International has been recognized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a program operator for both the development of product category rules (PCRs) and the verification of environmental product declarations (EPDs). As an EPD and PCR program operator, NSF International says it will help meet the growing demand ... Read more »

Suez Environnement Opens New Jersey Corporate Office

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Suez Environnement North America, the parent company of United Water and the North American subsidiary of the second largest environmental services company in the world, has opened a new corporate office in Paramus, New Jersey. The office building is designed to attain LEED-certification, the company says. The green building will ... Read more »

Starwood Debuts Eco-Conscious Hotel in China

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 by Karen Henry

Starwood Hotels and Resorts has debuted its eco-conscious Element brand of hotels with the opening of Element Suzhou Science and Technology Town in Suzhou, China. The hotel, owned by Suzhou Science and Technology Town Kexin Cultural Tourism Development, features 188 guestrooms and suites. Each Element guestroom includes water-efficient faucets, Energy ... Read more »

GBCI Launches Rating System for Sustainable Landscapes

June 11, 2015June 10, 2015 by Karen Henry

Green Business Certification Inc. has launched its newly acquired SITES rating system for developing sustainable landscapes. Developed through a collaborative effort of the American Society of Landscape Architects, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the United States Botanic Garden, SITES can be applied to development ... Read more »

Toronto Smart Building Deploys LEED Dynamic Plaque

June 10, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Honeywell is expanding its relationship with Menkes Developments, a Toronto-based real estate firm, to help trim energy and operational costs at the firm’s 30-story Telus Tower – a smart building, featuring connected systems designed and delivered by Honeywell. As part of the project, Honeywell will deploy its Attune Services, which ... Read more »

Bureau Veritas, GBCI Sign Global LEED Certification Agreement

May 29, 2015May 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bureau Veritas and Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the certification body for the US Green Building Council’s LEED green building program, finalized the terms of their agreement to facilitate LEED certification globally. As part of the agreement, Bureau Veritas teams around the world will review LEED projects for conformity with ... Read more »

Fuel Prices, Drought Prompting Builders to Seek Green Building Certification

May 12, 2015May 11, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Volatile fuel prices, prolonged droughts and climate change are prompting increasing numbers of home builders to seek green building certifications, reports Builder magazine. The overall number of Builder 100 respondents — the top 100 builders in the US — that report they meet green building standards such as LEED for ... Read more »

Kimberly Clark Professional renewable fiber

Kimberly-Clark Develops New Renewable Fiber Sourcing, Manufacturing Process

May 4, 2015May 4, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Kimberly-Clark Professional has launched a line of tissue and towel products made with 20 percent renewable plant-based fiber to commercial customers such as colleges/universities, sports venues and office buildings. The GreenHarvest products incorporate wheat straw and bamboo fiber into Kleenex and Scott brand towel and tissue products. Kimberly-Clark Professional says ... Read more »

Des Moines Gets First Net-Zero Commercial Building

April 21, 2015August 2, 2019 by Karen Henry

MODUS, an engineering design firm based in Des Moines, Iowa, has transformed a century-year-old warehouse into the city’s first net-zero office building, Engineering.com reports. The $17 million renovation project includes $2 million in energy efficiency upgrades. The facility, located in the city’s historic Market District, is powered by a 189 ... Read more »

Do Green Building Certifications Make Financial Sense?

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As Georgia moves closer to enacting a law that would effectively ban state-owned buildings from seeking LEED certification, Valerie Molinski, sustainability director at Vocon, a Cleveland architecture and interior design firm, makes the business case for green building certification in a Crain’s Cleveland Business blog. Basically it boils down to ... Read more »

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