New ASHRAE GreenGuide explores sustainability evolution
According to ASHRAE, when the first edition of “its GreenGuide” was first published 10 years ago, guidance on the practice of green building design was not so readily available.
“Since 2004, the industry has witnessed the continued evolution of green building programs from strictly voluntary to being both more in the industry mainstream as well as being mandatory in jurisdictions that adopted these for their building codes,” said Tom Lawrence, a member of ASHRAE’s technical committee (TC 2.8) on building environmental impacts and sustainability.