By Laura Morder, PE, LEED Green Associate Local jurisdictions, like the District of Columbia (DC) and Montgomery County, Maryland, require building energy benchmarking requirements as a part of their energy performance programs. If you’re a building owner or operator in DC and are feeling overwhelmed in the face of these new requirements, GHT has prepared the […]
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On April 19, 2022, the Montgomery County Council unanimously passed its Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) legislation, which will help the County meet its climate goals. Montgomery County is one of the first municipalities to pass BEPS legislation, and like its neighbor DC, the focus is on energy-efficiency improvements for existing buildings and expands on […]
Firm Earns Excellence in Sustainability Award of Merit Arlington, VA (October 29, 2021) – GHT Limited (GHT), a leading DC metro area mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering consulting firm, received the Excellence in Sustainability Award of Merit for the Wheaton Revitalization Project as part of the ENR Mid-Atlantic Regional Best Projects Awards. This award […]
Arlington, VA (September 21, 2021) – GHT Limited (GHT), a leading DC metro area mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering consulting firm, received multiple awards at the NAIOP DC|MD 19th Annual Awards of Excellence on September 13, 2021. GHT is excited to share that five projects; four in Washington, DC, and one in Maryland, received […]
GHT Associate wins USGBC-NCR’s Volunteer Leadership Award Arlington, VA (July 22, 2021) – GHT Limited (GHT), a leading DC metro area mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering firm, announces that Associate Bailey Estes, EIT, LEED Green Associate received the U.S. Green Building Council-National Capital Region’s (USGBC-NCR) Volunteer Leadership Award – Member of the Year […]
Important Sustainability Trends in the Built Environment Principal Brad McNiff recently attended a series of educational sessions focused on the betterment of building design at Greenbuild 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. This year’s theme was A New Living Standard and there was a renewed focus on health & well-being, serving underrepresented communities, and the impacts of materials on […]
USGBC has released the drafts for the LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C rating systems. The v4.1 rating system evolves v4 to enable greater implementation and increased focus on performance. LEED v4 was released in 2013 but has not seen much adoption in the market; fewer than 800 commercial projects have certified under the rating system. […]
International WELL Building Institute Releases WELL Version 2 Last week, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) officially launched the pilot program for the WELL Version 2 Building Standard (V2). Since its inception in 2014, Version 1 has witnessed rapid growth and global support, with 892 registered projects from 34 countries to date. V2 seeks to […]
Leading MEP Firm Adds Four New Course Offerings for AIA & GBCI Continuing Education Credits Arlington, VA (September 26, 2017) – GHT Limited (GHT), a leading DC Metro Area mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering consulting firm, is proud to announce four new AIA and GBCI accredited continuing education courses for architectural, engineering, and construction […]
Arlington, VA (June 12, 2017) – GHT Limited (GHT), a leading DC metro area mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering consulting firm, is pleased to announce that our American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Headquarters project has achieved Platinum Level Certifications for both the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™) under WELL v1 and Leadership in Energy […]