Tag: Green Globes

Eight Las Vegas properties in the MGM Resorts International portfolio have earned the highest level of this certification from the Green Building Initiative.

In assessing sustainability goals for 2017, an overview of five green building programs provides recent updates.

When the program began, the annual recycling rate was 15%. Now the entire complex is recycling 60% of the two million pounds of waste generated on average each year.

Recent Turner study shows significant growth in interest in Green Globes® and other systems.

Green Globes uses the services of independent assessors and uses the ANSI national consensus process for developing its Green Globes tools for new construction and major renovations, the subjects of the U.S. DOE rule.

Green Globes comes out less expensive than LEED on the same project, according to recent study results.

The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has announced a diverse list of recently completed construction projects in the institutional, commercial, and retail segments.

Green building consultant, speaker and author, Jerry Yudelson has announced his annual list of major green building trends that will affect the industry in 2014 and beyond.

LEED and Green Globes approved as third party certification programs for federal facilities.

Green Globes is used as an alternative to LEED.

The course provides an overview of the features and use of the newly released version of Green Globes for New Construction (NC), which is based on an ANSI Standard (ANSI/GBI 01-2010: Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings).

The International Green Construction Code (IgCC) will be setting new standards for building energy efficiency.

New environmental solutions help transition buildings into sustainability. From the October 2005 issue.