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Tag: LEED v4

  • LEED v4 Made Easy for Product Manufacturers

    Achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) points can seem daunting to many glass and metal manufacturers, despite materials and resources being one of the major LEED credit categories. GreenCE, an education partner of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) put on a webinar hosted by Devotion Phillips, education coordinator with GreenCE, to help…

  • Green Building Codes: ‘A Food Label For a Building’?

    Green Building Codes: ‘A Food Label For a Building’?

    The growing importance of transparency in the manufacturing process for windows was a big focus of the second day of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association fall conference in Cambridge, Md. in October.

  • LEED v4 Launched at 2013 Greenbuild Show

    The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched LEED v4, the newest version of the LEED green building program, at the annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia held recently. According to USGBC, LEED v4 builds on the fundamentals of previous versions while offering a new system that prepares all LEED projects in a portfolio…