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Armstrong Ceilings Now Offers over 1,025 Products That Meet the Most Stringent Sustainability Standards

Armstrong Ceilings Now Offers over 1,025 Products That Meet the Most Stringent Sustainability Standards

Posted by | Nov 21, 2018 | 0 |

Armstrong Ceiling Solutions has added its Dune™ and Mesa™ lines of acoustical ceiling panels to its portfolio of Sustain® Ceiling Systems. The new additions bring to 1,025 the number of Armstrong high-performance ceiling and suspension system products that meet the industry’s most stringent sustainability compliance standards, including LEED® v4, the Living Building Challenge℠, and the WELL Building Standard™

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Greenbuild 2018 Comes to a Close, USGBC Announces New Initiatives and Updates to LEED

Greenbuild 2018 Comes to a Close, USGBC Announces New Initiatives and Updates to LEED

Posted by | Nov 20, 2018 | 0 |

Greenbuild 2018 concluded last week in Chicago where thousands of members of the global green building community gathered. The theme was Human X Nature, representing how the green building movement embraces all of humanity by making sustainable buildings and environments accessible to everyone while benefiting the natural environment all around us. Mahesh Ramanujam gave powerful remarks highlighting plans for the future and USGBC’s role in creating a new living standard for all people. Plus several programmatic updates to the LEED green building rating system were announced.

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October Construction Starts Rebound

October Construction Starts Rebound

Posted by | Nov 20, 2018 | 0 |

New construction starts in October climbed 21% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $864.0 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.  The substantial increase followed three straight months of decline, during which the pace of total construction starts fell 22% from the exceptionally strong volume reported back in June. 

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TRIA Adds Two New Senior Design Professionals to Growing Firm

Posted by | Nov 20, 2018 | 0 |

TRIA, a partner-led architecture firm with a focus on designing unique spaces for science, technology and corporate clients, is pleased to announce that two new senior design professionals have joined the firm. TRIA welcomes Jonathan Romig as senior project manager/senior lab planner, and Natasha Tashian, NCIDQ, as senior interior designer.

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STAR Community Rating System to be Fully Integrated into USGBC’s LEED for Cities & Communities Programs

STAR Community Rating System to be Fully Integrated into USGBC’s LEED for Cities & Communities Programs

Posted by | Nov 20, 2018 | 0 |

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that the STAR Community Rating System, which offers certification for sustainable communities, will be fully integrated into USGBC’s LEED for Cities and LEED for Communities programs. This integration will help advance healthy, green and economically strong cities and communities – and reflects USGBC’s partnership with STAR Communities, the non-profit that runs the STAR rating system.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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