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The corner of a historic red brick building with decorative brickwork along the roofline and large arched windows.

LEED v5 and Adaptive Reuse: Using LEED as a Framework to Repurpose Existing Buildings

The greenest building is often the one that already exists. LEED v5 emphasis on existing buildings helps make building conversion projects more sustainable.
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Modern mid-rise apartment building with mixed exterior finishes, including red brick and neutral-colored panels, featuring multiple balconies and large windows.

2025 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS): Important Updates for Residential Project Teams

Find out what will change (and what won’t) for residential project teams in the upcoming 2025 NGBS.
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LEED v5 and Decarbonization: What the New Requirements Mean for Your Project

LEED v5 is here! And with it are exciting changes to most prerequisites and credits in the LEED rating systems. Here, we’re focusing on the exciting updates to building decarbonization.
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LEED v5 and Embodied Carbon: All About the New Requirements

The future of green building is here, and it’s more carbon-conscious than ever.
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How Massachusetts is Addressing Embodied Carbon Reduction in New Construction

As the urgency to address the adverse effects of climate change intensifies, Massachusetts introduces more embodied carbon measures for building developers.
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Designing for Passive House and Accessibility Compliance: It’s All in the Details

Projects targeting Passive House certification must comply fully with all applicable accessibility requirements.
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5 Strategies to Create Sustainable and Affordable Housing with Enterprise Green Communities (EGC)

We’re sharing the strategies we use most often as Enterprise Green Communities consultants to achieve certification and create more sustainable communities.
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Utilizing Enterprise Green Communities to Drive Equity in Affordable Housing

The Enterprise Green Communities (EGC) criteria is one tool we can use to drive green building efforts to affect populations most in need.
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Integrating Social Equity Into Green Building – Part 3: Design, Construction, and Operations

In Part 3 of this series, we outline ways principles of social equity can be integrated into the design, construction, and operations phases of a building.
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Finding Your Way: Third-Party Assurances for Your Properties

Experts in sustainable design have developed guidelines, protocols, and toolkits to adapt existing buildings to the ‘new normal’ caused by COVID-19.
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Integrating Social Equity into Green Building – Part 2: Pre-Design Phase

To achieve social equity goals, a well-constructed plan for all project phases must be created and tracked. And, although the measures are not generally complicated, they can be numerous.
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Integrating Social Equity into Green Building – Part 1: “Just Sustainability”

The way in which buildings are designed, constructed & maintained has tremendous influence on the equity (or inequity), and the justice (or injustice), of our society.
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