If it’s a groundbreaking new environmental rule, it’s got to be from California. No, I’m not talking about the contentious cap-and-trade rule unveiled last week. Just as important for slashing ...

California's newest green building code will push the industry toward a more holistic development approach, but at what additional cost? California is known for many things, from its dynamic coastline ...

As green building becomes a popular trend in housing, Iris Harrell and Ciro Giammona from Harrell Remodeling have been educating local realty professionals about California’s first-in-the-nation green ...

Jan. 1, 2011, was always going to be a landmark day for firsts. Middle schoolers (and inevitably some of us grown ups) gleefully awaited the moment they could wish at 11:11 on 1.1.11. Determined ...

The California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), the country’s first statewide green building code, seeks to establish minimum green building standards for the majority of residential and ...

On Jan. 19-20, 2016, the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) met at its regularly scheduled public meeting and adopted the 2016 California Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, CalGreen and ...

In 2011 it was estimated that a reduction of 3 million metric tons of greenhouse gases by 2020 could be achieved as a direct result of the requirements of CALGreen. It is hoped that with the new ...

LOS ANGELES, CA — In response to the introduction of the CALGreen legislation, One Click LCA, a global leader in construction life-cycle assessment (LCA) software, has launched an innovative tool ...

NORTH BAY – The California Green Building Standards Code, or CalGreen, is set to be implemented in January 2011, and education for industry professionals is starting to ramp up. CalGreen has mandatory ...

California is now the first state in the country to formally implement general code requirements for reducing embodied carbon in the built environment. “It can take up to 80 years to overcome embodied ...