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R.I. Green Building Council launches education program

Read the article that appeared in the New England Real Estate Journal the week of August 9, 2010.

New home makes a green debut on Providence’s East Side

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Read the article on a newly completed LEED Home in Providence authored by Christine Dunn with the Providence Journal.

Green building rules up for public comment

Sunday, July 18, 2010
Read the article by Peter Lord in the Providence Journal.

The state Building Code Commission has published regulations mandating that new public buildings in Rhode Island be built to meet national “green” standards for energy efficiency and conservation.

The regulations, which will put into effect a state law passed last year by the General Assembly, solidify policies that Governor Carcieri introduced with an executive order several years ago.

Building Code Commissioner John Leyden, who distributed the regulations recently, announced that the public has until Aug. 12 to comment. The rules can be found at: www.ribcc.ri.gov/gba.

The new regulations apply to the process of altering, repairing or improving more than 40 percent of any public structure of more than 10,000 square feet, or any new construction of public buildings larger than 5,000 square feet that have not entered in the design phase before Jan. 1, 2010.

The regulations require that the buildings meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s “LEED certified standard” or its equivalent.

The new regulations come out as a number of classes and meetings are scheduled for this summer on green building standards and energy-conservation measures.

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Benefits of Energy-Efficient Homes a 'Win-Win' Situation, Experts tell US Senate
July 13, 2010

The State of
Green Investing Today
June, 2010

Benefits of Green Retrofits
New York Times
June 1, 2010

ASHRAE Publishes
1st Green Building Standard
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USGBC Offers Its Support to "Rescue and Rebuild" efforts in Haiti

The USGBC is working with several groups including the U.N., the Clinton Foundation, Architects for Humanity and Habitat for Humanity to plan for eventual redevelopment efforts in Haiti. Read the story.

CHAPTER NEWS

Green Buildings Act
is now Law

Titled the Green Buildings Act, this legislation requires that public buildings entering the design phase as of Jan. 1, 2010 comply with high performance green building standards.

Learn More
Read the News Clip

Public Law No. 2009-212

Title 37 of the R.I. General Laws
Public Property & Works
§37-24, et. seq.

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