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The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that owns and administers the Green Globes green building assessment and certification in the United States and Canada. It was established in 2004 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon .
Starting in November (if the California Energy Commission has approved the legislation), new permit applications for high-rise residential buildings must include documentation to achieve LEED certification (or 50 GreenPoints), and starting in 2010, they must include documentation to achieve LEED Silver certification (or 75 GreenPoints).
It was established as the Green Building Certification Institute in January 2008 with the support of the U.S. Green Building Council to provide independent oversight of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) project certification and professional credentialing processes.
The Sweden Green Building Council introduced its own certification system in 2011 with Miljöbyggnad which is based on Swedish standards and legislations. [13] It is currently in its 3rd iteration with Miljöbyggnad 3.1 released in April 2020. [14] Miljöbyggnad has three levels of certification: Bronze, Silver and Gold. [15]
Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the chief law enforment agency of the U.S. state of Georgia; Gereja Bethel Indonesia, a group of Christian Pentecostal churches in Indonesia; Green Building Initiative, a nonprofit headquartered in Portland, Oregon; Gulf Bridge International, a Middle Eastern subsea cable operator
Voluntary third-party forest certification is a credible tool for communicating the environmental and social performance of forest operations. [26] With forest certification, an independent organization develops standards of good forest management, and independent auditors issue certificates to forest operations that comply with those standards.
Manus was being held on three alleged felony probation violations, according to the jail's booking record. Manus was found "in distress" on April 17, was transported to a hospital and died the next day, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. Foul play was not suspected, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. Jail or Agency: Barrow County Jail
The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) was established in 1929 as the Contractors License Bureau under the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards. Today it is part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA).