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Press Information
For further information, please contact Jerelyn Wilson at 800/861-0954 x102 or by e-mail ().
Environmental Building News Calls for Incorporating “Passive Survivability” into Building Codes
Brattleboro, VT, April 3, 2008—In an age of heightened risk of natural disasters, terrorism, and future energy shortages, we are more likely to experience heat waves, blackouts, and fuel supply interruptions. Our houses and apartment buildings should be designed to maintain livable conditions in the face of these events. Environmental Building News (EBN) unveiled this design strategy, called “passive survivability,” in 2005, and the idea has generated growing interest throughout the country since. Now, in the most recent issue of EBN, Executive Editor Alex Wilson proposes that passive survivability is more than just a good idea; it should be incorporated into building codes like other life-safety issues (see www.BuildingGreen.com/go/survivability).
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Press Releases
Environmental Building News Calls for Incorporating “Passive Survivability” into Building Codes - 3 April 2008
Third Edition of Green Building Products Directory Released - 31 March 2008
BuildingGreen and The Taunton Press Announce Partnership - 13 February 2008
“Environmental Service Corps” Proposed - 15 November 2007
BuildingGreen Announces 2007 Top-10 Green Building Products - 8 November 2007
Energy Consumption Getting to and From Buildings Exceeds Energy Use for Operations - 5 September 2007
New BuildingGreen Website Offers Easier Access to Authoritative Green Building Information - 30 July 2007
7th Edition of GreenSpec Directory Includes more than 230 new listings - 19 June 2007
Final Climate Change Report Renews Urgency of Green Design and Construction - 11 April 2007
BuildingGreen and McGraw-Hill Construction Collaborate on GreenSource Magazine - 2007 Neal Award - 5 April 2007
BuildingGreen Announces 2006 Top-10 Green Building Products - 15 November 2006
Your Green Home Released - 14 September 2006
Second Edition of Green Building Products Directory Released - 29 June 2006
BuildingGreen Suite Featured at Upcoming National Building Museum Exhibition - 15 May 2006
AIA and BuildingGreen Sign Agreement Providing Sustainable Design Research and Information to Members - 9 February 2006
New, Expanded Edition of GreenSpec Directory Provides Easy Access to Green Building Product Information - 2 February 2006
Environmental Building News Calls for "Passive Survivability" - 21 December 2005
BuildingGreen Announces 2005 Top-10 Green Building Products - 9 November 2005
Environmental Building News Offers Ten-Point Plan for Rebuilding New Orleans - 5 October 2005
GreenSpec Helps Make LEED for Homes Easier - 26 August 2005
Environmental Building News Makes the Case for Green - 18 April 2005
100th Green Building Case Study Now Online in the High Performance Buildings Database - 8 April 2005
New 5th Edition of GreenSpec Reflects Significant Changes in Criteria - 2 February 2005
BuildingGreen announces 2004 Top-10 Green Building Products - 10 November 2004
BuildingGreen Publishes Product Directory for Residential Building Market - 25 October 2004
BuildingGreen receives 2004 Lewis Mumford Award for Environment - 10 July 2004
Environmental Building News Calls For Phaseout of PBDE - 7 June 2004
Twelve years of Environmental Building News on new CD - 29 April 2004
BuildingGreen Wins SBIC Award - 10 February 2004
BuildingGreen Announces Top-10 Green Building Products - 12 November 2003
BuildingGreen Launches Ground-Breaking Suite of Online Information Resources - 12 November 2003
BuildingGreen Suite is created by Industry Leaders (8 KB RTF file) - 15 September 2003
BuildingGreen Adds Case Studies to its Online Resources (20 KB RTF file) - 15 September 2003
Alex
Wilson, president of BuildingGreen, testified before Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee on high-performance schools
- 1 October 2002
A transcript of the testimony is also available
for downloading.
These images are provided in two formats for promotional use: TIFF files for use in print publication and JPEG files for use in online publication.
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