The city of San Jose, California is poised to become the first municipality within the United States to adopt a heat-reflective exterior wall coating code based on the 2008 Green Seal-11 (GS 11) standards. As part of San Jose’s ambitious 15-year “Green Vision,” the Department of Public Works is expected to incorporate GS-11 into the revision of its Standard Specifications as well as facility design guidelines for public buildings. If San Jose adopts GS-11 then other cities within the state are expected to follow suit and then other U.S. states will follow later. A Californian city will … [Read more...]