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What's Happening from Environmental Building News
September 1, 2008
California Adopts Voluntary Green Building Standards
California has become the first state to adopt green building standards into its building codes. The standards, adopted by the California Building Standards Commission, will become part of Title 24, the state’s building and energy-efficiency regulations, in July 2009. Different building types—governed by separate agencies in California—are covered by different portions of the standards. Overall, the requirements for residential buildings are less stringent than those for commercial buildings. Although currently voluntary, the standards will become mandatory in 2011 after another round of code reviews....
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