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Development of CALGreen began in 2007 and, during the rulemaking process, CBSC collaborated with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), stakeholder groups and others. The first result of this cooperation was the adoption of the 2008 California Green Building Standards Code (CGBC) that became effective since August 1, 2009.
Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) is a sustainability metric created by The Green Grid in 2011 to attempt to measure the amount of water used by datacenters to cool their IT assets. [1] [2] To calculate simple WUE, a data center manager divides the annual site water usage in liters by the IT equipment energy usage in kilowatt hours (Kwh).
California Building Standards Code. The California Building Standards Code is the building code for California, and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). It is maintained by the California Building Standards Commission which is granted the authority to oversee processes related to the California building codes by California ...
It is second in energy consumption [2] after Texas. [3] As of 2018, per capita consumption was the fourth-lowest in the United States partially because of the mild climate and energy efficiency programs. [4] Energy consumption in California is dominated by transportation, due to the high number of motor vehicles and long commutes. California ...
In 2005, Washington state became the first state in the United States to enact green building legislation. [23] According to the law, all major public agency facilities with a floor area exceeding 5,000 square feet (465 m²), including state funded school buildings, are required to meet or exceed LEED standards in construction or renovation.
In a rare move for Southern California, the region's biggest water supplier asked millions in and around Los Angeles to limit outdoor watering to one day a week. The man in charge of So-Cal's ...
Column: California's water usage was built on a historic lie. The cost is now apparent. Michael Hiltzik. September 21, 2022 at 9:00 AM. The water intakes of Hoover Dam on Lake Mead, and the ...
The study found that about 53% of total average household water use, or more than 192 US gallons (0.73 m 3) per household per day, was used for landscaping and other outdoor uses. Meanwhile, indoor use accounted for more than 170 US gallons (0.64 m 3) per household per day. The most in-home water consumption is toilet flushes, using 20% of the ...