By admin on August 8th, 2010
The Living Roof, a 2.5 acre rooftop above the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park on November 5, 2009. Some say the new ‘Calgreen’ voluntary rating system clashes with the museum’s LEED rating system.
Robert Galbraith/Reuters/File
California’s building commission adopted the first statewide green building code this week. Environmental groups welcomed the new standards, which mandate water use reductions and
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By admin on August 4th, 2010
Recent EPA studies indicate that exposure to air pollutants may be two to five times higher indoors than outside. Air pollutants can affect all buildings equally and have many sources, including pets, tobacco products, gas cooking stoves, building materials, paints, cleaning products and pesticides.
Exposure to air pollutants can lead to negative health effects like asthma, irritation of the eyes and
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By admin on July 30th, 2010
States are facing significant budget gaps. These budget gaps are going to negatively affect the green building industry. States looking to shore up budgets will cut new construction and maintenance of existing buildings in the coming years.
But there is a solution: public-private partnerships.
Just prior to the economic downturn, the phrase “public-private partnerships“ – or P3s –
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