New Plans from a New Administration

President elect Obama has some new green building programs he wants to see mandated. He has proposed extensions for federal grants and new grants that promote sustainable building codes and money to retrofit older buildings. In the overall proposed plan we would need to have all new buildings carbon nuetral by the year 2030. Read this on line article from Business Week for a good overview of a plan put together by the USGBC and President elect Obama. It is good to keep this information in mind when going forward with new building projects. No use building it one way, only to have to change it in a few years to fit a new code.