Breaking NEWSWashington Poised to Make History with 2030 Challenge Legislation Washington State is just one step away from being the first state to legislatively adopt the 2030 Challenge into their building code. On April 21, the State Legislature approved SB 5854, which would require meeting the energy efficiency reductions of the 2030 Challenge for new construction and major renovations throughout the state. The bill now awaits Governor Chris Gregoire's signature. NW Energy Coalition HDR Architecture signs 2030 Challenge HDR Architecture, Inc., a global architecture/engineering firm, has signed the “Architecture 2030 Challenge,” an initiative designed to achieve a dramatic reduction in the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed and constructed. Building Design and Construction Portland, Maine Adopts the 2030 Challenge for City Buildings The Portland City Council unanimously approved a green building ordinance, requiring all municipally owned new construction and major renovations building projects to be built to LEED Silver standard with additional energy credits to meet the energy and carbon reduction goals of the Architecture 2030 Challenge. City of Portland Ontario Association of Architects Adopts 2030 Challenge On March 5, 2009 the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) Council demonstrated its strong support for ‘going green’ by adopting the 2030 Challenge. Ontario Association of Architects Final Report of the Massachusetts Zero Net Energy Buildings Task Force Massachusetts's Zero Net Energy Buildings Task Force has recently completely a report to guide policy in the Commonwealth, which includes the 2030 Challenge goals and aspects of Architecture 2030's housing mortgage interest rate buy-down program. Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs ** View Archived News |