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Green Building 101 for the Painting & Coatings Industry

The trend toward sustainable buildings will eventually become mainstream as local governments adopt many of the voluntary guidelines in the LEED® Green Building Rating System® into building and energy codes. This paper will cover the impact sustainable buildings will have on painting and coatings contractors in addition to building professionals such as architects, specifiers, and building owners and developers is important to all involved. 

Product Number: 41208-437-SG
Author: Paul Nutcher
Publication Date: 2008
Industry: Coatings
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The trend toward sustainable buildings will eventually become mainstream as local governments adopt many of the voluntary guidelines in the LEED® Green Building Rating System® into building and energy codes. This paper will cover the impact sustainable buildings will have on painting and coatings contractors in addition to building professionals such as architects, specifiers, and building owners and developers is important to all involved. Paintings and coatings will have a role in sustainable projects. Generally, this paper covers the basics of what is green building, LEED and then some of the current green initiatives affecting the building industry, including Architecture 2030 and Standard 189. The talk also briefly explains third-party certification, life-cycle analysis and other buzz words of relevance to the painting and coatings industry.

The trend toward sustainable buildings will eventually become mainstream as local governments adopt many of the voluntary guidelines in the LEED® Green Building Rating System® into building and energy codes. This paper will cover the impact sustainable buildings will have on painting and coatings contractors in addition to building professionals such as architects, specifiers, and building owners and developers is important to all involved. Paintings and coatings will have a role in sustainable projects. Generally, this paper covers the basics of what is green building, LEED and then some of the current green initiatives affecting the building industry, including Architecture 2030 and Standard 189. The talk also briefly explains third-party certification, life-cycle analysis and other buzz words of relevance to the painting and coatings industry.

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