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footage for environmentally preferable construction. To encourage sustainable building construction, cities could offer special funding to buildings that meet the requirements of this standard, as well as including this provision in The interest of cities and nations in Standard the local building code. The interest of 189.1 shows that the marketplace is ready for tions in Standardcities and na189.1 shows a green building standard that sets more than that the marketplace is ready for a green building standard minimum energy efficiency requirements. that sets more than minimum energy efficiency requirehigh-performance City of Seattle build- ments, pushing the building industry ings,” said John Hogan, chair of the com- toward ASHRAE’s goal of making netmittee writing the standard and also an zero-energy buildings commonplace. It employee of the City of Seattle. is essential for the energy independence Hogan says it could also serve as the cri- of the United States and of the world that terion for an option in building codes that the marketplace continues to transform allows construction of additional square in support of more energy-efficient and One such interested city is Seattle, WA. “Standard 189.1 provides clear specifications for green buildings that can be used as the baseline for our internal process for designing and constructing our own sustainable buildings. High-performing green buildings should have a starring role in reducing the world’s collective carbon footprint, and cities across the nation can help make that happen. Bill Harrison is president of Trane Arkansas and is serving as ASHRAE’s 20082009 president. For more information about proposed Standard 189.1, contact Steve Ferguson, ASHRAE’s assistant manager of standardscodes, at sferguson@ashrae. org, or visit http://spc189. ashraepcs.org. ASHRAE’s new publication is High Performance Building magazine, at www.hpbmagazine.org WHAT’S WORKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT’S SOMETHING INNOVATIVE YOUR COMMUNITY IS DOING TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE? It could be a: WE’LL PUBLISH YOUR RESPONSES on the CitiesGoGreen.com website Please include: By sharing what we know, we can all move ahead more quickly and e ectively. Email your response to: WhatWorks@CitiesGoGreen.com November 2008 15 http://spc189.ashraepcs.org http://spc189.ashraepcs.org http://www.hpbmagazine.org http://www.CitiesGoGreen.com http://www.CitiesGoGreen.com http://citiesgogreen.com

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CitiesGoGreen - November 2008 Contents In Motion Disaster Housing for $200: The Hexayurt Coming Soon: A Code-Ready Green Building Standard from ASHRAE ICMA Embraces Sustainability Fort Collins, Colorado Interview: ClimateWise, Business Smart 12-for-1 Parking: Bike Corrals Fresno County More Biking and Walking for Better Communities

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