Building Green
| Building Commissioning: | |
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www.greenbiz.com |
Greenbiz. A complete check of a building's operating sysems. Either after the buiding is complete- a retro-commissioning for older buildings, or during the buiding process. A commissioning agent can help save money by specifying properly sized energy systems and tracks energy performance in different seasons through the first year of operation. Greenbiz article. |
| Commercial: | |
www.newbuildings.org |
New Buildings, a nonprofit, works with national, regional, state and utility groups to promote improved energy performance in commercial new construction, managing projects involving building research, design guidelines and code activities. |
www.zeroenergycbi.org |
Commercial Buildings Initiative has a vision that by 2030, new commercial construction in the United States will be zero-energy. |
www.hpbmagazine.org |
High Performance Building Magazine. Free online. Published quarterly by ASHRAE. |
www.nrel.gov |
"Assessment of the Technical Potential for Achieving Net Zero-Energy Buildings in the Commercial Sector" Report published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Dec 2007. PDF. |
| A ton of CO2 is emitted in the production of every ton of cement. www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/science/earth/31conc.html?pagewanted=2&8dpc&_r=1 |
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| Hotels: | |
www.globalstewards.org |
Global Stewards. Sustainable Solutions for Green Hotels, lists sustainable practices that hotels can implement. |
www.greenlodgingnews.com |
Green Lodging News reports on the most up-to-date news and trends. |
www.usgbc.org |
LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations &Maintenance Rating System lists the intent, requirements, and technologies/strategies for each credit and includes the Credit Checklist. Certifies that a facility is operated and maintained in a manner that is in keeping with environmentally sensitive policies. *** |
www.greenseal.org |
Green Seal works in a variety of ways with the lodging industry and its users, providing technical guidance, case studies, and certification of green hotels. *** |
| ''The energy services required by residential, commercial, and industrial buildings produce approximately 43 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.'' www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Buildings_FINAL.pdf |
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