enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. International Green Construction Code - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Green...

    The International Green Construction Code (IGCC) is a set of guidelines that aim to improve the sustainability and environmental performance of buildings during their design, construction, and operation. It was introduced by the International Code Council (ICC), a non-profit organization that provides building safety and fire prevention codes ...

  3. Green building - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building

    Green building (also known as green construction, sustainable building, or eco-friendly building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. [1]

  4. Living Building Challenge - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Building_Challenge

    The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certification program created in 2006. It is managed by the non-profit International Living Future Institute. [ 1 ] It is described by the Institute as a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that promotes the measurement of sustainability in the built ...

  5. Sustainability in construction - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability_in_construction

    Sustainable construction aims to reduce the negative health and environmental impacts caused by the construction process and by the operation and use of buildings and the built environment. [1] It can be seen as the construction industry's contribution to more sustainable development. Precise definitions vary from place to place, and are ...

  6. Sustainable architecture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_architecture

    A sustainable building consultant may be engaged early in the design process, to forecast the sustainability implications of building materials, orientation, glazing and other physical factors, so as to identify a sustainable approach that meets the specific requirements of a project.

  7. Category:Sustainable building - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sustainable_building

    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Sustainable building" The following 158 pages are in this category, out of 158 total.

  8. National Green Building Standard - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_green_building...

    The NGBS remains the only residential-specific green building rating system to undergo the full consensus process and receive approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI approval is critical as it serves as third-party confirmation of balance, representation, openness, consensus, and due process in the development process.

  9. Green building and wood - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building_and_wood

    A 2010 study by the Light House Sustainable Building Centre in British Columbia, Canada examined the ways in which the world's major voluntary green building rating systems incorporate wood. It found that rating systems for single-family homes in North America were the most inclusive of wood products and rating systems for commercial buildings ...