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ASHRAE announced that more proposed addenda to ANSIASHRAEIES Standard .-, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, are open for public comment. The . committee says many of the changes are the result of earlier public review comments, and contribute to its goal of making the standard to percent more stringent than the version. Twenty-two addenda are open for comment until April , one until April and three until May , all at www.ashrae.orgpublicreviews.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, in a partnership with utilities including American Water, Austin Water Utility and San Antonio Water System of Texas, is urging the American Water Works CG Leads Association to revise national accuracy standards for new water meters, to make sure they can accurately measure extended low flows. The NRDC said the minimum flow rates at which meters must be tested have not changed since . The New York City Department of Environmental Protection and California’s East Bay Municipal Utility District of California also back the NRDC proposal.
Ecometrica has become the first environmental accounting provider to secure assurance of audit readiness, following a review by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The company commissioned PwC to carry out an independent review of output from its ‘Our Impacts’ service, in line with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements and the code of ethics of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
The R Technical Advisory Committee unanimously approved the R: recycling standard, which now goes before the R Solutions board of directors. The board has days to approve and adopt the standard or remand it to the committee for further work.
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council has selected the Cusco-Sacred Valley-Machu Picchu corridor in Peru, and the shores of Lake Llanquihue, Puerto Varas, and Frutillar in the Lakes Region of Chile, for the second round of its pilot program to test its new Criteria and Indicators for Destinations. The criteria are designed to help destination managers, communities, and businesses understand the steps needed to sustain their natural and cultural assets.
Caterpillar‘s , sq ft axle-manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, NC has secured LEED Silver certification for new construction. The facility uses percent less energy and percent less water than comparable buildings. It is the company’s first LEED certification for a US heavy manufacturing plant, and its th LEED-certified facility worldwide, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.
Nine products from PPG Architectural Finishes have received certification under Greenguard’s Indoor Air Quality and Children & Schools programs, the company said. Seal Grip InteriorExterior Acrylic Universal PrimerSealer has been certified along with four PPG Speedhide interior paints, two Pitt-Glaze acrylic epoxies, one Pitt-Tech industrial primer and one Pitt-Tech industrial enamel.
The Natural Resources Defense Council, in a partnership with utilities including American Water, Austin Water Utility and San Antonio Water System of Texas, is urging the American Water Works CG Leads Association to revise national accuracy standards for new water meters, to make sure they can accurately measure extended low flows. The NRDC said the minimum flow rates at which meters must be tested have not changed since . The New York City Department of Environmental Protection and California’s East Bay Municipal Utility District of California also back the NRDC proposal.
Ecometrica has become the first environmental accounting provider to secure assurance of audit readiness, following a review by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The company commissioned PwC to carry out an independent review of output from its ‘Our Impacts’ service, in line with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements and the code of ethics of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
The R Technical Advisory Committee unanimously approved the R: recycling standard, which now goes before the R Solutions board of directors. The board has days to approve and adopt the standard or remand it to the committee for further work.
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council has selected the Cusco-Sacred Valley-Machu Picchu corridor in Peru, and the shores of Lake Llanquihue, Puerto Varas, and Frutillar in the Lakes Region of Chile, for the second round of its pilot program to test its new Criteria and Indicators for Destinations. The criteria are designed to help destination managers, communities, and businesses understand the steps needed to sustain their natural and cultural assets.
Caterpillar‘s , sq ft axle-manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, NC has secured LEED Silver certification for new construction. The facility uses percent less energy and percent less water than comparable buildings. It is the company’s first LEED certification for a US heavy manufacturing plant, and its th LEED-certified facility worldwide, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.
Nine products from PPG Architectural Finishes have received certification under Greenguard’s Indoor Air Quality and Children & Schools programs, the company said. Seal Grip InteriorExterior Acrylic Universal PrimerSealer has been certified along with four PPG Speedhide interior paints, two Pitt-Glaze acrylic epoxies, one Pitt-Tech industrial primer and one Pitt-Tech industrial enamel.