A new guide seeks to empower owners, contractors, consulting engineers, architects, designers, and administrators of K-12 school buildings to cost effectively achieve advanced levels of energy savings. The resource, “Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings – Achieving Zero Energy,” is the first in a series of guides tailored to the design and creation of zero-energy buildings.
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Earlier this month, the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) released a guide highlighting ways steel construction products can help a project earn points under the latest version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program.
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The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) has updated its Tall Building Initiative Guidelines for Performance-based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings.
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