Mandating Green Building

by Constructtech, 01.25.2011
When the government gets involved and begins requiring the use of new processes and procedures, technology initiatives seem to gain quite a bit of momentum. Take for example, BIM (building information modeling). The U.S. GSA (General Service Admin.), www.gsa.org, Washington, D.C., began requiring the use of BIM on federally funded projects in 2007 and the industry began to take notice.
While technologies to enable the BIM process may not be mainstream yet, the applications have received quite a bit attention in the commercial construction industry, especially by the larger construction firms.
Now, the same trend appears to be happening with green building. While the government has had its hand in initiating green practices for a number of years, in recent months more state and local laws have been requiring the use of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)— a set of standards from the U.S. Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org, Washington, D.C.—on new building projects........read more


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