Green Buiding News

PHILADELPHIA (March 9, 2010)  --  Through a brand new electronics recycling certification program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to ensure that electronics recyclers adhere to highly protective standards for workers and the environment in processing pre-owned electronics.

Washington, D.C. (March 9, 2010): Proposed federal energy efficiency jobs provisions would create about 333,000 jobs in 2010 and then 184,000 jobs in 2011 as funding begins to ramp down, according to a new analysis released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).The proposed programs include residential and commercial retrofit programs and an energy-efficient manufacturing grant program. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment will be holding hearings on these issues this week.

ATLANTA – Public input to help shape the technical requirements in Standard 90.1 is being sought through 21 proposed addenda, which could become part of the 2010 standard.

ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings,The proposed addenda cover a range of topic areas, including daylighting, air leakage, EER and IEER values and requirements for VRF air conditioners and heat pumps. provides minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design of buildings except low-rise residential buildings. 

Independent, ASTM E-based Tests Show Acoustical Effectiveness of Innovative DensDeck® Roof Board System for Lightweight Commercial Roofs

LOUISIANA, February 22, 2010 – Georgia-Pacific Gypsum – long an innovator in the development and use of fiberglass mat-based gypsum panels – announced that its assembly for retrofitting lightweight commercial roof decks based on its DensDeck®  Roof Board product can reduce sound penetration by more than 50 percent.

ATLANTA—Members are being sought and changes proposed for the new standard for the design of high-performance green buildings published in January.

ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is the first code-intended commercial green building standard in the United States. The standard provides a long-needed green building foundation for those who strive to design, build and operate green buildings. It covers key topic areas of site sustainability, water use efficiency, energy ef­ficiency, indoor environmental quality and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources.