Tag: building codes

  • HVAC Design Requirements in the International Building Codes

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  A look at what the codes actually require for load calculations and duct design Images:  Building codes, especially those related to energy efficiency, have improved a lot over the years. With building enclosures, this has made a big difference. We now have more insulation, less thermal bridgingHeat flow that occurs across more…

  • HVAC Design Requirements in the International Building Codes

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  A look at what the codes actually require for load calculations and duct design Images:  Building codes, especially those related to energy efficiency, have improved a lot over the years. With building enclosures, this has made a big difference. We now have more insulation, less thermal bridgingHeat flow that occurs across more…

  • Green Buildings: A Bridge to a More Resilient Future

    Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+C Director, Technical Policy U.S. Green Building Council I overheard a lot of scary things in the workshops and in the halls during last week’s 37th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. The sessions…

  • Green Buildings: A Bridge to a More Resilient Future

    Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+CDirector, Technical PolicyU.S. Green Building CouncilI overheard a lot of scary things in the workshops and in the halls during last week’s 37th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. The sessions I attended were worrisome, and the mere titles of some of the sessions I missed were downright frightening –…

  • Campaigning for Better Building Codes

    Matt Pearce Campaign Specialist U.S. Green Building Council Earlier this month, USGBC launched our seventh and final campaign of the 2012 Advocacy Campaign Agenda: Build Better Codes. In this campaign, USGBC is calling on its community to actively en…