Forest certification and green building standards: overview and use in the U.S. hardwood industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 30-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Espinoza ◽  
Urs Buehlmann ◽  
Bob Smith
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Building Standards ◽  
The U.S

Survey Research on Legal System of Floating Residence and on Management of Water Utilization in the United States: Case Study on Seattle, Washington and Sausalito, California

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Dobashi ◽  
Akio Kuroyanagi ◽  
Ryo Sugahara
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
The West ◽  
Effective Utilization ◽  
Water Utilization ◽  
Building Standards ◽  
The U.S

Effective utilization of oceanic space in Japan is just recent compared to U.S. Since the end of 19th century, water utilization and management for residence constructed on lake was promoted in U.S. It is then the aim of this paper to comprehend the laws and regulations for floating residence as well as water utilization and management of United States. Through web survey, each State in United States will be searched if there are existing laws and regulation on floating residence. After searching and reading all conditions of the U.S. States regarding laws and regulation as well as legal positions on floating residence, two states in the west coast of U.S: Seattle in Washington and Sausalito, California are chosen for this study. Floating residence in U.S. are divided into two; the Floating Homes and Houseboats. Floating Homes are handled by law the same with homes built in land while Houseboats are treated as type of ship. The State managing the water will lease it to the private sector, then, building of Floating Home will be carried out. Furthermore, design and construction of Floating Homes follow the building standards of the counties and cities where it will be built.

scholarly journals Applying of green building standards for implementation of the city development strategies in Kyiv.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30
Author(s):  
Dmytro Varavin ◽  
Tetiana Kryvomaz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
City Development ◽  
Land Relations ◽  
Building Standards ◽  
The City

The main tasks of the "Kyiv City Development Strategy until 2025" are in development and reconstruction of the city, improvement of its infrastructure and environmental protection, which perfectly correlates with the basic principles of green building. This is the modern practice in construction, reconstruction and the exploitation of buildings, in which they im-plement optimal architectural solutions, advanced engineering systems and materials for re-ducing of energy consumption and material resources, it is the process of improving the qual-ity of buildings and the comfort of their internal environment, improving of impact of build-ings on the health of people by minimizing the negative impact on the environment at all stag-es of life cycle of building structures. The practice of the tasks outlined in the Strategy will significantly contribute to the implementation of international environmental standards and to the application of constructive solutions of green building technologies. In particular it ap-peals to such urban development sectors as city development and land relations, housing and communal services, transport and urban mobility, environmental policy and environmental protection, public space, security and civil protection, historical and architectural heritage.

THE LEED-COMMERCIAL INTERIORS (V4) PROJECTS IN CALIFORNIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
Svetlana Pushkar
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Nonparametric Tests ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Impact Reduction ◽  
Environmental Product Declarations ◽  
The Difference ◽  
High Level ◽  
Building Standards

ABSTRACT This study analyzed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Commercial Interior Certified, Silver, and Gold projects version 4.0 (LEED-CIv4) in California for the period 2015‒2020. Nonparametric tests were used to assess category and credit achievement, i.e., the difference between possible and achieved points and the correlation between associated credits. The results show that most of the credits in the location and transportation category and the indoor environmental quality categories had a high level of achievement, a few credits in the energy and atmosphere and materials and resources categories had a high level of achievement, and all of the credits in the water efficiency category had a low level of achievement. Some associated credits, such as surrounding density and quality transit, had a high level of achievement and a positive correlation, whereas other associated credits, such as life-cycle impact reduction and environmental product declarations, had a low level of achievement and a positive correlation. If LEED-CIv4 credits meet the requirements of the California Green Building Standards Code 2016 (CGBSC 2016), then these credits typically have a medium/high level of achievement. If LEED-CIv4 credits exceed the requirements of CGBSC 2016, then these credits have a low level of achievement. Therefore, to improve the next version of LEED-CI, it is necessary to improve the local green codes.

SIMULATING THE IMPACTS OF INDOOR VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS ON HVAC PERFORMANCE USING eQUEST AT HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE'S R. W. KERN CENTER

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Raymond ◽  
Sarah Hews ◽  
Christina Cianfrani
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Treatment System ◽  
Vertical Flow ◽  
Rain Gardens ◽  
Air Filtration ◽  
Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Living Building Challenge ◽  
Building Standards

INTRODUCTION Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts, is taking part in the green building movement with the construction of the R. W. Kern Center, which opened in the spring of 2016. The building was certified to meet the Living Building Challenge in spring 2018 and has satisfied building standards such as Net Zero energy and water. To meet these standards, the design of the building employs solar photovoltaic panels, a rain water catchment and purification system, a greywater treatment system, storm water infiltration rain gardens, composting toilets, and control monitoring systems to make the building more efficient and decrease its harmful impacts on the environment. The greywater treatment system utilizes both indoor vertical flow constructed wetlands (VFCW) and an outdoor horizontal flow constructed wetland (HFCW) to filter greywater effluent from sinks and a coffee bar, meeting the requirement to treat and handle all wastewater generated on site. Although the VFCW system performance has been shown to be effective in exterior environments (Sklarz et al., 2009), its use inside a building requires scrutiny to verify that the adoption of this system does not affect the operation of essential building systems. The green systems that the Kern Center and others like it are employing may have impacts on the building's environment, construction and operation. These modifications must be monitored, and their effects quantified. The alteration of the thermal and air quality characteristics of the interior building has a significant effect on occupant health and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) energy on consumption. Several studies have investigated the benefits of indoor plants for air filtration or for exterior greywater filtration.

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