NBI Releases Code Language that Achieves Carbon Neutral Buildings

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New Buildings Institute recently released new code language that serves as a building decarbonization overlay to the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code. The Building Decarbonization Code is a groundbreaking tool aiming to deliver carbon neutral performance. It is designed to help states and cities working to mitigate carbon resulting from energy use in the built environment, which accounts for 39% of U.S. emissions. It also offers market insight into rules that will determine how new buildings are designed and constructed in the future in order to curb the worst impacts of climate change. The recent efficiency gains in the 2021 … Read more

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NCCER Announces 2021 Board of Trustees

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NCCER elected Stephen Toups, president of Turner Industries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as its 2021 board of trustees’ chairman and the first to serve a two-year term. Toups will succeed Michael Bennett, vice president of The Cianbro Companies in Pittsfield, Maine, who remains a member of the executive committee and is the co-chair of the newly founded Past Chairman’s Council. Other members of the 2021 board of trustees’ executive committee include Scott Marshall, senior group director – people operations Americas of Worley as the 2021 vice chairman and Monique V. Ford, CPA as treasurer. In addition, Brendan McAndrews, chief operations officer of McAndrews Glass, … Read more

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American Iron and Steel Institute Publishes 5 Cold-Formed Steel Test Standards 

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The American Iron and Steel Institute has published five cold-formed steel test standards. Three of the test standards have been updated, and two are new: AISI S903-20, Test Standard for Determining the Uniform and Local Ductility of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels (updated) AISI S915-20, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Deformation Behavior of Through-the-Web Punchout Cold-Formed Steel Wall Stud Bridging Connectors (updated) AISI S916-20, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Stiffness of Cold-Formed Steel Framed Nonstructural Interior Partition Walls Sheathed With Gypsum Board (updated) AISI S923-20, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Stiffness of Shear Connections of … Read more

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NIBS President & CEO Lakisha A. Woods Elected to Vice Chair of USGBC

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President and CEO Lakisha A. Woods, CAE, has been re-elected to a three-year term with the U.S. Green Building Council board of directors. Woods will serve as vice chair. Dr. Aaron Bernstein, interim director with the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. School of Public Health also was re-elected. Bernstein will serve as chair. Newly elected board members include Anyeley Hallová, founder of Adre; Dr. Ruth Thomas-Squance, director of field building at the Build Healthy Places Network and Dr. Marwa Zaatari, partner with Dzine Partners and co-chair of the enVerid Systems advisory board. These … Read more

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Power Tool Institute Warns of Failure, Fire from Third-Party Batteries

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Maybe some power tool users are tired of getting the third degree about using third-party replacement batteries. But they should consider that they might be headed for third-degree burns — or worse — if they keep it up. There is simply no adequate replacement for using the original tool manufacturer batteries and chargers to keep power tools operating efficiently and safely. Efficiency and safety are critically important for professional contractors. A job that takes too long due to tool failure impacts the bottom line. A jobsite going up in flames impacts even more than that. For these and more reasons, … Read more

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