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New Waste Tracking Feature Helps Building Managers Save Money and Support a Healthy Environment
Building managers can now track energy, water, greenhouse gas emissions and waste together in Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager
WASHINGTON - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental...
EPA Plans to Survey Contractors on Lead Paint in Public and Commercial Buildings
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it plans to survey general contractors regarding their recent renovation, repair and painting (RRP) activities in public- and private-sector commercial buildings. EPA has asked for public comment by Feb. 4 on the scope and clarity of the questions included in its draft Information Collection Request (ICR), as well as its underlying assumptions and burden/cost estimates. EPA is taking these steps because it needs more data on whether or not RRP activities in buildings expose the public to lead-based paint (LBP) dust. If EPA determines such activities create LBP “hazards,” the agency will write additional rules that will apply to building contractors.
Mayor Villaraigosa, The Clinton Climate Initiative and C40 Announce First-of-its-Kind-Program in the Country to...
Los Angeles, CA - October 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Mayor Villaraigosa launched the LA Commercial Building Performance Partnership, an innovative, Recovery Act-funded program which will help owners of commercial properties make their buildings more energy and water efficient, while saving tenants money and stimulating the local economy. Through the LA Commercial Building Performance Partnership, building owners can access free energy assessments, as well as financing at competitive rates to cover up to 100 percent of the cost of their energy upgrades.
