California Builds Greener

Starting July 1st, builders, developers, architects, and mechanical engineers are going to have to design buildings to meet new California Building Energy Efficiency Standards, a tightening up of Title 24.

But in the days leading up to the new rules, designers and their clients have rushed to file projects with planning departments.

Why? And what do these new standards mean for buildings and their occupants? We talk to Julian Parsley of Buro Happold.