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March 3, 1998
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From high-tech lights to occupancy sensors and from ceiling tiles to carpeting and steel studs, sustainable-design, or "green," construction is starting hit its stride.
After a one-year delay in implementation, on April 1, 1997, Wisconsin became the 27th state in the nation to implement stricter environmental building codes for commercial construction, and those code changes are expected to provide significant long-term energy savings. Those codes also are the first codes to require what has become known as green construction, a process designed to save resources and energy through the efficient use of high-tech materials and techniques.
The codes require that more outside air be brought ...
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