2023 Los Angeles Green Building Code Updates

2023 Los Angeles Green Building Code Updates

The City of Los Angeles has announced its amendments to its previous code, the 2020 Los Angeles Green Building Code. The 2023 LA GBC provides increased requirements for electric vehicle parking. No other amendments have been identified yet. (Note: these requirements...
Avoiding HERS Rating Holdups

Avoiding HERS Rating Holdups

The 2019 Code cycle is almost in effect, and with it comes increased energy performance requirements. With the current code challenges in place and new ones to come, there are a few things we can do to mitigate the risks in passing HERS field verification testing and...
LEED v4.1

LEED v4.1

Image Source: Wikipedia. Fair use. Recently, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the release of LEED v4.1, an expansion and reorganization of LEED v4. With LEED v4.1, developers now have further opportunities to optimize the sustainable designs of their...