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Montgomery County, MD, Has a BEPS. What Do You Need to Do Now?

Montgomery County, MD, passed Bill 16-21, which creates a Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) for buildings within the county. What happens next?
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Trends in Healthcare: Accessible Controls for Window Treatments

Providing accessible controls for window shades and blinds at healthcare facilities gives patients and family members an active role in recovery.
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Accessibility Tech Notes: Emergency Eyewash Stations

What does an accessible eyewash station look like? Learn how to select and install an emergency eyewash station that is accessible to all.
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Timeline: Celebrating 50 Years of Improving the Built Environment

Follow our 50 Years in 50 Days campaign and explore how far we’ve come in creating sustainable, accessible, healthy, and resilient buildings.
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Multifamily building.

Fair Housing – What’s Your Safe Harbor?

Ensure compliance with the accessible design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act by selecting one of 10 HUD-approved safe harbors.
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Staff Profile: Thomas Moore – Passive House Consultant in Toronto

In this profile, we’re catching up with Thomas Moore, a Senior Building Systems Consultant located in Toronto, Canada.
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Understanding Accessibility: 5 Significant Spatial Changes in ICC A117.1-2017

The 2017 edition of the A117.1 Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities comes with the most significant spatial changes that we have seen in any recent code cycle.
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What Would a Passive House New York City Look Like?

What if the city’s pathway to decarbonization had a single plan of action – to make New York City a Passive House City?
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Disability rights advocates protesting in front of the White House.

Understanding Accessibility: Section 504 & Its Impact on Residential Development

Our accessibility consultants answer the most frequently asked questions about Section 504 and how to apply it to residential projects.
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Diagram of a trash chute closet with a conventional swing door off of a common hallway in a residential building.
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Diagram of a trash chute closet with a conventional swing door off of a common hallway in a residential building.

Accessibility Tech Notes: Trash Chute Closet Design

Evaluating the hopper/closet design to ensure that it’s accessible is more complex than one might imagine. Let’s go through how we would conduct an evaluation of the hopper/closet design.
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The DC Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Compliance Rules Are Here. Are You Ready?

The final BEPS compliance rules from DOEE cover the different compliance pathways and the documentation required for each pathway.
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DC’s Green Building Requirements for Tax Credits and Funding, Explained

Applicants for any public funding for affordable housing must meet stringent energy efficiency targets. Learn more about the green building requirements.
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