Green Clean Construction

n the same way that LEED has transformed architectural design to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, clean construction is emerging as the next big thing to revolutionize the building industry.

Clean construction brings new practices, equipment standards and jobsite management strategies to building projects.

Through a focus on the impacts of the building process, clean construction principles emphasize reducing greenhouse gas emissions from equipment, improving air quality, and minimizing site disturbances and community disruptions.

The recent EPA Clean Diesel 10 conference in Washington, D.C., marked a decade of progress in diesel emission reduction programs, the most common manifestation of clean construction specifications, and set the stage for changes still to come.

As noted at the conference, large strides were made in diesel emission reductions over the past 10 years, including the EPA’s efforts to phase in emissions requirements for new on- and off-road diesel engines that are bringing