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What are Environmental Product Declarations, or EPDs?
An EPD, or environmental product declaration, is a method of showing the environmental impacts of a material or product in a standardized way, with both quantitative and qualitative information. EPD reports are acquired through third party … more...
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0 replies | 9975 views | Posted on: 01/31/2018 | Last updated: 02/21/2023
An overview of Building Life Cycle Assessment for the construction industry
What is LCA? LCA answers the simple question: how sustainable is my product or process? We know products are not equal in terms of their environmental impact and putting a number on that can be hard. LCA is a standardized,… more...
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0 replies | 4087 views | Posted on: 01/25/2019 | Last updated: 02/13/2023
How the Living Building Challenge Moves the Green Building Industry Forward
Being an intern at RateItGreen.com, I learned a lot of vocabulary and catchy names along the way. The things that really stuck out to me the most were things that came up fr… more...
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0 replies | 3065 views | Posted on: 01/02/2020 | Last updated: 02/08/2023
Chicago's Willis Tower Goes LEED Platinum
Chicago’s Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, is now the largest US building to achieve the USGBC’s LEED Platinum rating. At 1451 feet tall, the building was the world’s tallest skyscraper from i’s… more...
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0 replies | 2556 views | Posted on: 01/27/2020 | Last updated: 02/07/2023
PCC Community Markets Opens the World's First Living Building Challenge Petal-Certified Grocery Store
Congratulations to PCC Community Markets for opening the World's First Living Building Challenge Petal-Certified Grocery store in Ballard, Seattle. PCC Community Markets (PCC) is the largest community-owned food co-op in… more...
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0 replies | 2336 views | Posted on: 12/03/2020 | Last updated: 01/19/2023
Crushing the Code NYS: Commercial, December 8, Greenwich, CT
Crushing the Code New York State: Commercial is a course that prepares building and design professionals in New York State to comply with the many requirements in the 2020 ECCCNYS and design more energy-efficient buildings in the … more...
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0 replies | 822 views | Posted on: 11/15/2022 | Last updated: 11/21/2022
Crushing the Code NYS: Residential, Online, December 1
Crushing the Code New York State: Residential is an online course that prepares building and design professionals in New York State to comply with the many requirements in the 2020 ECCCNYS and design more energy-efficient building… more...
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0 replies | 779 views | Posted on: 11/15/2022 | Last updated: 11/21/2022
GPRO Construction Management, Virtual Course, November 16
Low-carbon, energy-efficient construction will play a critical role in meeting increasingly stringent local and national building performance goals. These projects will require an understanding of new technologies, processes, and improved c… more...
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0 replies | 2716 views | Posted on: 10/12/2022 | Last updated: 10/14/2022
Free Webinar: Material Disclosure Miniseries, Part 1: Understanding C2C Certified®, April 6, 11 am
This 3-part series will introduce several of the leading material ingredient disclosure programs (C2C, HPD, Declare) helping AECOs and MFRs make better decisions about materials used in products and projects. While the d… more...
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0 replies | 929 views | Posted on: 03/28/2022 | Last updated: 03/28/2022
Webinar: The Benefits of Selecting Healthier Building Products, August 27, 12:30 pm, Australia EST
Everyone at the beginning of 2020 knew it was going to be a big year but nobody expected the impacts that came with COVID 19 to bring the topic of human health starkly into focus. For the building industry, this onus on health has … more...
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0 replies | 886 views | Posted on: 08/24/2020 | Last updated: 03/25/2022
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