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	<title>Comments on: Building Code Overhaul</title>
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		<title>By: Nancy Anderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nancy Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The pending overhaul of the Building Code is a unique opportunity to make NYC&#039;s built environment more sustainable by establishing requirements for ultra energy-efficient, high performance construction and renovation.  Now&#039;s the time to be bold and capture the innovation of the City&#039;s current crop of high performance &quot;poster child&quot; buildings. Any new Budiling Code should be measured by its ability to help meet the Mayor&#039;s goal of reducing carbon dioxide emssions by 30% by 2030.  This isn&#039;t an opportunity we&#039;ll have again for decades to come.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The pending overhaul of the Building Code is a unique opportunity to make NYC&#8217;s built environment more sustainable by establishing requirements for ultra energy-efficient, high performance construction and renovation.  Now&#8217;s the time to be bold and capture the innovation of the City&#8217;s current crop of high performance &#8220;poster child&#8221; buildings. Any new Budiling Code should be measured by its ability to help meet the Mayor&#8217;s goal of reducing carbon dioxide emssions by 30% by 2030.  This isn&#8217;t an opportunity we&#8217;ll have again for decades to come.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Muller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Muller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Mark, nice to see you around again!

The Real Deal also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.therealdeal.net/issues/MARCH_2007/1172651674.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;reported&lt;/a&gt; that the Mayor&#039;s Sustainability Advisory Board is also considering incorporating green building practices in the Building Code.

Check the Environment Topics page shortly for more on sustainable buildings</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Mark, nice to see you around again!</p>
<p>The Real Deal also <a href="http://www.therealdeal.net/issues/MARCH_2007/1172651674.php" rel="nofollow">reported</a> that the Mayor&#8217;s Sustainability Advisory Board is also considering incorporating green building practices in the Building Code.</p>
<p>Check the Environment Topics page shortly for more on sustainable buildings</p>
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		<title>By: larry littlefield</title>
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		<dc:creator>larry littlefield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The building community has long wanted the city to repeal the rules that require semi-fireproof construction in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, allowing the construction of cheap wood-framed rowhouses with only specially treated plywood in between.

The 100 year record speaks for itself.  The shells of masonary buildings last, and the buildings can be reconstructed over and over again while adding value to the community.  Attached frame houses do not.

Regardless of what the international building code says, I hope they don&#039;t get their way on that one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The building community has long wanted the city to repeal the rules that require semi-fireproof construction in Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, allowing the construction of cheap wood-framed rowhouses with only specially treated plywood in between.</p>
<p>The 100 year record speaks for itself.  The shells of masonary buildings last, and the buildings can be reconstructed over and over again while adding value to the community.  Attached frame houses do not.</p>
<p>Regardless of what the international building code says, I hope they don&#8217;t get their way on that one.</p>
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