Sentence examples for building certification from inspiring English sources

This work introduces green building certification as an objective for existing building retrofits.

The city is also home to Earth Advantage, among the most stringent green building certification organizations in the nation.

The KGBCC (Korean Green Building Certification Criteria) was developed in 2000 in Korea and has operated since 2002.

Building certification performance has been on the research agenda, and studies from all over the world present different results.

About 55 percent of the city's 838,337 buildings were constructed before 1940, half a century before the notion of green LEED building certification was even dreamed up.

Trump had one certification in progress with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), but LEED is a building certification, not an award.

A number of European countries have their own green-building certification systems, as do Japan and Singapore.

This will encourage conservation and off-peak energy use.America's main green-building certification programme, called LEED, is about to broaden its horizons from commercial buildings to homes.

Mr. Pfeiffer is a proponent of more localized standards, having helped start a green-building certification program in Austin more than 20 years ago.

In January, the building became the first embassy in Washington to earn a coveted green-building certification, called LEED, short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

Green-building certification requires participation of many groups, including architects and engineers, and "it's a lot of extra work if they don't speak English," Mr. Horst said.