ASHRAE Standard 189.1 provides the basis for new building codes and makes it easier for cities and counties to adopt an already created green building code. The question now is...who will be the first municipality to put this into law!
28 March 2010
Standard 189.1
Finally....the first commercial green building standard in the United States. It covers key topic areas similar to LEED: site, water use, energy, indoor environmental quality, and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources.
ASHRAE Standard 189.1 provides the basis for new building codes and makes it easier for cities and counties to adopt an already created green building code. The question now is...who will be the first municipality to put this into law!
ASHRAE Standard 189.1 provides the basis for new building codes and makes it easier for cities and counties to adopt an already created green building code. The question now is...who will be the first municipality to put this into law!
14 March 2010
Footsteps into Energy
Can producing energy be as simple as walking? Yes...with the new Pavegen Systems product. 'Paving slabs harvest kinetic energy in high footfall environments converting it into electricity.'
Image: Pavegen Systems
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