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UNIFYING THE BUILDING INDUSTRY FOR A
CARBON NEUTRAL FUTURE
The Need
There is no greater challenge facing the human race than the issues of global warming and the depletion of energy and material resources. We are racing towards an uncertain future if we do not take the necessary steps to change our current course.
While the climate change discussion has focused around the issues of energy production and vehicle emissions, it is buildings that are far and away the greatest consumers of energy and direct combustion of natural gas and oil in heating and cooling.
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The Building Community Has Spoken - Green Codes are it!
Updating the building codes is far and away the most important
step we can take to implement energy efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse
gasses. This was the result of the 2008 Green Building Summit …
CASA develops the CASA Code Initiative
- CASA develops the CASA Code Initiative – a two year program to facilitate the adoption of a progressive Green Building Code in New Mexico. A response to the challenge of raising greenhouse gases and industry consensus.
- This long-term project will use Governor Bill Richardson’s Executive Order (05-033), to reduce current GHG emissions to 2000 levels 2012, increase to10% by 2020, and increase to 75% by 2050.
- A three-pronged strategy will include: State Agency Involvement, A Code Development Program, and a Political Action-Plan.
- This initiative will establish a task force that creates a partnership with the NM State Construction Industries Division; the agency responsible for proposing of all building codes for adoption.
- This effort is based on the evidence from actual energy
consumption drawn from a recent survey of USGBC LEED For
Building Program of significant reduction in, CO2 by 35%-50%,
as well as an average of 35%-90% reduction of water use
in surveyed buildings.
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