LEED is Not the Only Game in Town
By Claude Goguen, P.E., LEED AP One can hardly read any green building article written over […]
LEED v4 is Here
By Claude Goguen, P.E., LEED AP Chances are if you haven’t worked on a LEED project […]
LEED v4 is Here
By Claude Goguen, P.E., LEED AP Since its unveiling in 2000, Leadership in Energy and Environmental […]
USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council is positioned to help bring more sustainable building design and construction […]
NPCA Making its Greenbuild Debut This Week in Chicago
The National Precast Concrete Association will make it's first appearance at the US Green Building Council's Greenbuild expo this year. The exhibit will feature a large graphic that allows specifiers to visualize how precast concrete products can be used.
Fly Ash and the EPA
Fly ash is a pozzolan and is by far the most widely used supplementary cementitious material in the manufactured concrete products industry because of its low cost, wide availability and concrete property-enhancing characteristics. It is also considered a sustainable practice to use fly ash. The U.S. Green Building Council recognizes fly ash as a pre-consumer recycled material – a beneficial strategy for CO2 reduction.
Fly Ash – A Hazardous Material?
Fly Ash - A Hazardous Material? By now, you have probably heard of the controversy brewing about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) reclassification of fly ash, a coal combustion byproduct, that would make it a hazardous material. So, why does this matter and what are the facts?
