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10 green building trends for 2014

BD+C

What are the major trends likely to affect the green building industry and markets in the U.S. As one of the world''s leading green building consultants, keynote speakers and authors, Jerry Yudelson thinks he knows the answers. He offers his green building mega-trends for 2014: read more.

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Structural Analysis and Code Checking Toolkit 2014 on Autodesk Exchange Apps

BIM & Beam

The Structural Analysis and Code Checking Toolkit for Autodesk Revit software is a suite of tools that supports the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process and allows structural engineers to analyze and check their structure from within the Revit environment. It can be downloaded from the Autodesk Exchange Apps website for free.

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CSC’s Integrator software now Autodesk Revit 2014 compatible

BIM & Beam

CSC, has released a new version of Integrator, its market leading Structural BIM integration software for synchronising code-compliant models produced in CSC’s building design software, Fastrak and Orion, with Autodesk ® Revit ®. Read more.'

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DOE releases stricter energy efficiency standards for new federal buildings taking effect in 2014

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The Energy Department released stricter energy efficiency standards this month for new federal buildings. above the current requirement for existing buildings. The new requirements are in response to a more stringent building standard adopted by ASHRAE in 2010. The DOE says that this translates to a cost savings of roughly "$1.74

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California’s new Title 24 energy code compliance date pushed back to July 1, 2014

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Due to the stringency of the provisions in California’s new Title 24 energy codes, their implementation has been postponed until July 1, 2014 to allow jurisdictions and engineers to prepare for them. California is striving for newly constructed commercial buildings to achieve Zero Net Energy by 2030.

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New California building code expected to boost energy demand response technology

BD+C

The California master building code, set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, includes a few changes that could push automated, open-standards-based demand response into the mass market. Codes Codes and Standards' At least, that’s the hope of the OpenADR Alliance.

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Protecting Your Investment from Vehicle-into-Building Crashes

Wolgast Corporation

Without proper obstruction, motorists accidentally drive their cars into buildings 60 times a day in the US, causing damage and loss to businesses and homeowners. The Storefront Safety Council is a group of volunteers that are “passionate about ending vehicle-into-building crashes.”