Green Building Council

necessary to successful green-building-project delivery. If there are ambiguities as for varied services or work, problems will instantaneously occur. Facts and Issues. This is one of the first lawsuits related to green construction in the United States. In this case, Shaw Development as the owner, appointed Southern Builders Inc. as the contractor, to construct a $7.5 million, 23-unit condominium and restaurant project, known as Captain’s Galley, in Somerset County, Maryland along with obtaining the LEED-Silver certification. The…

In a niche between downtown and the Rio Grande, El Paso’s Segundo Barrio neighborhood is smattered with excellent, large-scale murals depicting the cultural and political histories of the resident migrant workers, immigrants, and families. Pick a sunny Saturday morning to stroll the streets and see the neighborhood at its liveliest.El Segundo Barrio also known as South El Paso is a historic Hispanic neighborhood in El Paso, Texas. The name, El Segundo Barrio, is Spanish for the Second Day, To a…

Green Lifestyle Healthy Living Green Castle Challenge In case you’ve always wondered what ZIWIRA means, it is “green castle”. Today we’re challenging you to turn your home into your very own green castle. You don’t have to do all of these at the same time, or even at all, but if you need more of a reason to get green, here it is. Any or all of these are completely viable as a permanent lifestyle change, but are also good as an occasional way to get yourself thinking more about the environment…

Menu Name: elastomeric roof coatings Article Summary: A water proof and flexible surface coating will prolong the life and improve the appearance of some roofs. Article: Roofs protect buildings, contents and people from the elements. What people may not realize is that many roofs themselves also need protection. Many variables, such as materials used, quality of construction and climate, determine how to keep a roof from deteriorating prematurely. New Orleans roofing professionals can…

Nowadays, Green Design has become a hot topic of conversation among people from all around the world, people nowadays prefer something that is environmental, healthy, recycle and less pollution, that is why Green Design become so popular in this day and age. Green design can be defined as the ‘creation of buildings which are energy-efficient healthy, eco-friendly, comfortable, flexible in use and designed for long life’. Besides, Green design should have the least impact for the…

Buildings are complex systems that have to fulfil many functions. They have to provide a healthy and comfortable indoor environment, must be energy efficient and ultimately must be sustainable (Boemi, Irulegi and Santamouris, 2016). However, over the years, the need to improve the energy efficiency of the building sector was given first priority. The main reason for this is the following. It is well known that the contribution of the building sector to the total energy consumption is…

ABOUT LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a certification system contrived by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design. Beginning with its launch in 2000, LEED has grown from one rating system for new construction to a comprehensive system of nine interrelated rating systems covering all aspects of the development and construction process, which…

Part 3: Preamble and Justification of the Four Policies Part 3.1: Policy Safety 1: Rebuilding, Monitoring and Assessments of Building Safety The council will grant planning permission for the development where safety will be maintained and enhanced, with its main focuses on:  Rebuilding damaged buildings by flooding or other disasters which improve their quality of safety to live in, and to ensure safety is valued during the development.  Ensuring that the quality of buildings will be…

Background After the second World War, local communities in the United Kingdom were forced to seek affordable construction and design method. As a result, Brutalism Architecture became a favourable method amongst architects during the mid 20th Century. However, as Brutalism architecture grew, the importance of connection between building and its surrounding context were also taken into consideration between few architects. They believed buildings should serve the need of its inhabitant and act…

I believe that the Council of Vocations assigned Equality the job of street sweeper because he was already smarter, taller, and more curious about things than everyone else. The Council of Vocations fears that if they were to assign Equality to be a scholar he would be to interested in the work he is doing. His wanting to learn more about science would lead him to find the way that his society and councils run the city, and how they have ran the people for all of these years. Equality would soon…