by jbs051310 — May 14, 2010—The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announced on May 3, 2010 that it will begin accepting applications for a pilot program for its American National Standard for Commercial Green Building. The program is designed for practitioners to gain experience with the new standard in a real-world setting and will utilize the new protocol to assess and certify a limited number of commercial buildings.
The standard is titled ANSI/GBI 01-2010: Green Building Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings and was derived from the Green Globes environmental design and assessment rating system for New Construction.
Applications will be accepted from anyone wishing to participate in the pilot process, whether for new construction or a major renovation project, with project evaluation criteria spanning building size, principal use, and sustainability considerations. The current version of Green Globes for New Construction will continue to be available for use throughout the GBI ANSI standard pilot process.
