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Contrary to claims that electrifying new buildings are slowing down housing development, many in the industry tell a different story. Check out these survey results from the Zero Emission Innovation Centre: BC Building Industry Members Support Climate Policies for New Construction. Over 100 BC building industry members respond to survey, say they can meet energy and emissions requirements for new construction, see competitive advantage and increasing market demand for climate-friendly homes across the province. https://lnkd.in/gubvzz74

Two major updates will impact California Green Building Code (#CALGreen) on July 1, 2024. #ElectricVehicleParking requirements will increase to 50% and #LifeCycleAssessment for #EmbodiedCarbon will will be required for new non-residential buildings and additions/alterations that are 100k square feet or larger. Read more below. #LCA, #Title24 #GreenBuilding #BuildingCode #AIAContinuingEducation #ContinuingEducation https://lnkd.in/d_ythfpm

Colorado and Denver have recently passed new climate conscience legislation. They are similar in goals, but how they effect building owners and design teams is a little more nuanced. We have sat down with CMTA, Inc.'s Damian Smith & John Goodin, to better understand the new Colorado Building Performance Standards and Energize Denver requirements. Click the link to read the Q&A. #EnergizeDenver #BuildingPerformanceStandards #Denver #Colorado

Colorado and Denver have recently passed new climate conscience legislation. They are similar in goals, but how they effect building owners and design teams is a little more nuanced. We have sat down with CMTA, Inc.'s Damian Smith & John Goodin, to better understand the new Colorado Building Performance Standards and Energize Denver requirements. Click the link to read the Q&A. #EnergizeDenver #BuildingPerformanceStandards #Denver #Colorado

City of Seattle awarded $17.2 million to implement Building Emissions Performance Standard, support multifamily and commercial buildings reduce climate pollution The Department of Energy (DoE) announced $17.2 million has been awarded to the City of Seattle under the Assistance for the Adoption of the Latest and Zero Building Energy Codes grant. Funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the program is designed to address the climate crisis and create cleaner buildings.  Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) will use the funds to implement the Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS) ordinance, with a focus on supporting buildings in overburdened communities and building an equitable climate workforce. Signed into law by Mayor Harrell in December 2023, BEPS establishes emissions targets for existing nonresidential and multifamily buildings larger than 20,000 square feet and will reduce an estimated 27% of building Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.  https://lnkd.in/gV9at36m

Colorado and Denver have recently passed new climate conscience legislation. They are similar in goals, but how they effect building owners and design teams is a little more nuanced. We have sat down with CMTA, Inc.'s Damian Smith & John Goodin, to better understand the new Colorado Building Performance Standards and Energize Denver requirements. Click the link to read the Q&A. #EnergizeDenver #BuildingPerformanceStandards #Denver #Colorado

Canada’s Green Buildings Strategy recognizes that #greenbuildings are affordable, healthy, and climate resilient. It also states that we need to increase the rate of building #retrofits to three per cent a year and that investing billions in green buildings is required and an economic opportunity – via Building magazine

Colorado and Denver have recently passed new climate conscience legislation. They are similar in goals, but how they effect building owners and design teams is a little more nuanced. We have sat down with CMTA, Inc.'s Damian Smith & John Goodin, to better understand the new Colorado Building Performance Standards and Energize Denver requirements. Click the link to read the Q&A. #EnergizeDenver #BuildingPerformanceStandards #Denver #Colorado

Huge thanks to Canary Media Inc. for covering the International Code Council's scandalous betrayal of its responsibility to uphold a consensus-based process for creating safe and efficient buildings. The gutted IECC gives homeowners fewer choices and less healthy homes, and holds the US back on achieving our climate goals, at a time when we need to be accelerating. The total cost of this decision to US residents -- and the planet -- is staggering. Clearly, we need a new building code process. Check out this article from Canary Media Inc. to learn more about why homes need to electrify and how the new building codes will make that harder: https://lnkd.in/gcuRcpbW

Vancouver is the first Canadian city to regulate building emissions, with the goal of 50% reduction by 2030 and 100% by 2050. Buildings that surpass the limits will be fined. This story is not unique to Vancouver: the real estate industry is squarely in the sights of regulators. Cities are generally progressive. They care about their climate impact and have net zero goals. And if you have these goals, you can't ignore buildings. Vancouver traces 55% of its CO2 emissions to natural gas use for space and water heating in buildings. As we're seeing again and again in cities, buildings are an easy target for regulators because (1) they are responsible for an outsize amount of emissions and (2) you can't move a building if you don't like the law. Times are changing for real estate...wise to change with them. #realestate #climate