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Glumac Orange County office recognized as first completed north american "Office of the Future" pilot project

Electric Light & Power features Glumac's Orange County Office as the first completed "Office of the Future" pilot project. Office of the Future is a new multi-utility energy efficiency pilot program for commercial office spaces providing technical support for low-energy lighting, controls, HVAC performance and metering in tenant improvement projects. (6/30/10) See article

Utilities test Office of the Future

Sustainable Industries Journal writes about efforts by a consortium of utilities to gain deeper efficiency in existing office space in an article titled "Utilities test Office of the Future." NBI manages the Office of the Future Consortium's efforts to develop and launch the Advanced Energy Office. (2/5/10) See article

California adopts first statewide green building codes

A Triplepundit article on the status of commercial building codes refers to a joint proposal by NBI, AIA and DOE for comprehensive changes to the International Energy Conservation Code that would result in commercial buildings that are up to 30 percent more efficient than those built to today’s standards. (2/1/10) See article

Codes, credits and criteria

The Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide is cited as a prescriptive option in meeting LEED criteria by the Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area. These guidelines, which were developed by NBI, can be applied to most types of buildings, but are geared at projects smaller than 100,000 square feet. (1/22/10) See article

Searching for efficiency, Constructech

NBI’s High Performance Buildings Database of buildings 30% more energy efficient than current building standards was featured in Constructech, a magazine for the construction industry.
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Bay Area green buildings strive for LEED certification

ABC affiliate in Northern California, KGO News, reports on the city of San Francisco’s strict environmental building standards and interviewed NBI Technical Director Mark Frankel on his views about building energy performance. Note: A correction for this piece was issued which stated that 75% of LEED buildings meet code (25% of buildngs fall short) rather than 25% as was reported in the story. (1/4/10) See video

4 green buildings trends to watch in 2010

A recent post titled "4 Green Building Trends to Watch in 2010" by the popular green innovation blog earth2tech identified energy codes that result in greater energy efficiency as something worth watching in the new year. Jim Edelson, NBI consultant on energy codes, explains how consensus is building on the need for improvements. (12/23/09) See article

Better energy codes: it’s not rocket science

ED+C Magazine includes an opinion piece by NBI Executive Director Dave Hewitt on the necessity for advanced building codes to curb the impacts of climate change. (12/21/09) See article

Advanced codes op ed

Environmental Design+Construction prints an opinion piece by NBI Executive Director Dave Hewitt on the need for advanced energy codes. (12/21/09)

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Model energy code makes strides

Sustainable Industries Journal writes about NBI efforts to advanced energy codes. (12/11/09)
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