Industry News
Green Building Programs; 2007 and Now
The article found on the AIA’s website lays out the findings of a report done in 2007. If there is anyone left that does not see the green push as something that is here to stay, this article will probably be the last nail in the coffin to put the argument to sleep. The findings by the AIA are case in point as to the results of the green buildings programs in cities across the country.
Since the survey was commissioned in 2007, 50% more metropolitan cities have adopted green building programs and virtually every major metropolitan city has some green building program.
We felt the significance of this article resonates with both our manufacturers and our end users because the important statistics found in this article spell out the future of building. The building products industry has had a small lean towards the green future, but with more and more cities enacting policies to be more environmentally friendly, that lean has turned into a full slant in that direction.
Click on the link below to read the article on the AIA’s website.
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We will use this section of the site to make quality information about the industry more readily available and to be a resource to learn. We pride ourselves on the fact that CSPECS is not beholden to anyone and the opinions we hold are from people that have been in the trenches of the industry. We have set out to create the one place where industry professionals are able to be part of a construction and building materials community that is unlike anything else that has ever been attempted before.
CSPECS has two main objectives. We have the responsibility of developing a community for our industry professional members and assisting our manufacturer members get the information about their products into the hands of those end users. Coming from the industry, we are well aware of the lack of communication between the people who make products and the people who use products. This gap has gone on too long, and we are confident you will find the community we are building on CSPECS.com will combat many old industry accepted norms.
We have already built a database of categorized products and are adding more everyday. The product profiles that are being compiled by the manufacturers are in the most comprehensive and simple format that was developed by a survey we did with the people who need to use this information…YOU!
We are also the most interactive building material and construction site. From our interactive CSPEC Report, our products Submittal Sheets, and everything else we are developing, we are once and for all addressing these stagnant industry norms.
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