World Green Building Trends SmartMarket Report: Business Imperative and Market Demand Driving Green Building Growth
Construction Business Owner
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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Top 10 green building projects for 2013 [slideshow]
BD+C
APRIL 22, 2013
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The projects will be honored at the AIA 2013 National Convention and Design Exposition in Denver.
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Wyatt Franks Appointed Secretary of EGSA Green Committee
Construction Business Owner
APRIL 19, 2013
April 19, 2013) – Wyatt Franks, assistant product marketing manager for North American generator products at Doosan Portable Power, was recently appointed to secretary of the Green Committee for the Electrical Generating Systems Association (EGSA). STATESVILLE, N.C. in March.'
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Maryland Expanding Green Building Thru Government Leases
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
The Maryland Green Building Council recommended a broad and deep expansion of green building leasing by state government and the Maryland Department of General Services has agreed to enlarge what is a “high performance building” for the purposes of state government leasing. public private partnerships are the de rigueur).
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The Best Kept Secret in Green Building - a Conversation with Jerry Yudelson
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
I had a conversation with Jerry Yudelson last week, six weeks after he became the President of the Green Building Initiative, the non profit with the rights to distribute Green Globes in the United States. Jerry is known to many in the green building world. we have certified less than one percent of them as green.
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Green Building is Now the Law in Dallas
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 17, 2013
Dallas has now accepted the first building permit applications under its green building ordinance. Dallas is one of the first major cities in the nation to implement comprehensive mandatory green building standards for both all new residential and commercial construction. Dallas Green IGCC LEED Local Government building'
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Green building consultant's top ten megatrends for 2013
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 7, 2013
Jerry Yudelson predicts the top green building trends in the year ahead. — Green building and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson releases his annual list of “Top 10 Megatrends” for the green building industry. Yudelson said, “It looks like a good year ahead for the green building industry.
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Hillary talkin’ construction and economics (Constructonomics!) at Greenbuild 2013
Constructonomics
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
”, shouts a man from the crowd of over 10,000 at the Temple University basketball arena during Hillary Clinton’s Q&A session with USGBC CEO Rick Fedrizzi after her Keynote speech last night at Greenbuild 2013 in Philadelphia. This is the win-win phenomenon of green building that has always made so much sense.
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New Department of Defense Policy Accepts Green Globes
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 4, 2013
In a tectonic shift in government policy, the Department of Defense will now permit the use of both the Green Building Initiatives’ Green Globes and U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for third party green building certification. On October 25, 2013, the U.S. And DoD is USGBC’s largest customer.
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New Report Demonstrates Breadth, Momentum of Green Building Movement
Construction Business Owner
AUGUST 21, 2013
14, 2013) — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its inaugural LEED in Motion report, a holistic statistical snapshot of the green building movement aimed at equipping its members with the insight to make a strong case for sustainable building activity.' Washington, D.C. (Aug.
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FTC is Pursuing Green Marketing Claims
Green Building Law Update
MAY 4, 2014
The final order is the fourth resulting from a set of “green” marketing cases the FTC first announced in October, 2013. In another FTC green marketing case, N.E.W. In an earlier blog post I wrote that the FTC announced in October, 2013 it would begin to ramp up enforcement of environmental claims.
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ICC 700 Residential Green Certifications Will More Than Double in 2014
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 16, 2014
Today there are 29,724 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard certified homes and lots. As the residential green code is on the cusp of eclipsing 30,000 certifications, more than a dozen governments across the country are evaluating adopting mandates or incentives tied to ICC 700. So, total certifications were up in 2013.
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8 grand green roofs (and walls)
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities last week announced the winners of its 2013 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence. and a dramatic interior green wall at Drexel University. Among the eight winning projects are a massive, 4.4-acre acre vegetated roof at the Kauffman Performing Arts Center in Kansas City, Mo.,
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106 2013: The year of the super-tall skyscraper
BD+C
JANUARY 21, 2014
While 2013 didn''t see the completion of a mega tower like Burj Khalifa, it was a near-record-setting year in terms of the number of super-tall skyscrapers completed. Body Image: read more.
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You Can Change The Green Building Standard Today
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 9, 2014
In an environment of green building standards, rating systems, and codes, it is the republishing of ASHRAE Standard 189.1 When many consider green building they do so in terms of rating systems like LEED or Green Globes and codes like the IgCC or CalGreen. In addition, it will now reference the 2013 versions of Standards 62.1
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120 What Do We Do With All this Green Space in NYC?
Constructonomics
MARCH 6, 2012
I’m actually not talking about about how to deal with parks or trees or green rooftops (are there any in NYC?), but rather office space certified by the United States Green Building Council as LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design). On a side note, I find some slight irony in green commercial real estate.
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136 Green Building (Including LEED-Centric) Laws Spread Over Seas
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 1, 2013
Mandatory green building laws are spreading internationally from the Philippines to India. With more than 11 billion square feet across 175,000 projects being LEED certified worldwide, it should not be surprising that most of those new green building laws are LEED centric.
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Green Building Code Proposed in Washington DC is a National Model
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
The final vote of the District of Columbia’s Construction Codes Coordinating Board on the Green Construction Code (and all of the new construction codes) occurred last week, and today the codes are being transmitted to the Mayor''s office. The Green Code would apply to new construction and major renovations. IgCC compliance, or.
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120 Greenbuild 2013 Was Simply More Of The Same And That Made Attendees Very Happy
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Green Building Council’s Greenbuild Conference and Expo so that my situational awareness of Greenbuild would not be clouded by the fog of war. While I have not seen actual attendance numbers, this year did not eclipse Boston in 2008 when more than 28,224 attended, but remains the largest green building gathering each year.
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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital
Green Building Law Update
MAY 25, 2014
Regency Centers Corporation, a publicly traded REIT, completed the sale of $250 million of “green building bonds” on May 14, 2014. ” Only days before the green building bond sale, on May 12, 2014, Regency was honored by the U.S. Green building bonds are a new investment vehicle in the U.S.
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King County Mandates its Green Building be the Greenest, with a Twist
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 14, 2013
All King County, Washington government construction and major renovations must strive to achieve the top national green construction rating under Ordinance 2013-0324 unanimously approved last week by the Metropolitan King County Council. Green building laws generally follow one of three regulatory schemes.
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ASHRAE 189.1 - 2014 Green Building Standard Is Now Available
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
Green Building Standard was published and became available for use. is an alternative compliance option of the International Green Construction Code. 2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, including revised building envelope provisions. Last week the 2014 version of the ASHRAE 189.1
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Why the D.C. Green Building Act is Fundamentally Flawed and a Solution
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 19, 2011
Green Building Act of 2006 requires that all new construction of non-residential buildings greater than 50,000 square feet be LEED certified. While there are many technical problems with the Green Buildling Act, the very premise of the law is fundamentally flawed. Green Building Act Fundamentally Flawed? On that date, the D.C.
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Arbitration including Religious Arbitration in Green Building Contracts
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
Italian Colors Restaurant decided in 2013, “the overarching principle that arbitration is a matter of contract. Arbitration is particularly wide spread in green building and has had the impact of so few green building disputes ever reaching a courtroom. Even the LEED Green Building Certification Inc.
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GEORGIA GREEN ECO 4-PLEX - Vancouver, BC
SAB Magazine
JUNE 10, 2013
Miscellaneous 2013 Canadian Green Building Awards building envelope energy performance energy technology GEORGIA GREEN ECO 4-PLEX high performance windows passive design SHAPE Architecture Inc.' This project was notable for the quality of its planning and for the impressive energy performance numbers.
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Suing But Not Because it was Not a Green Building
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
With the maturation of the green building industrial complex it has become clear there is no more or additional liability associated with constructing a green building versus a similar non green structure. It is important to make clear there are very few instances of litigation involving substantive matters of green building.
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Hillary Clinton to keynote USGBC’s Greenbuild 2013
Contractor Magazine
MAY 29, 2013
Green Building Council has announced that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will give the opening keynote address at its 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.
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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 5, 2017
It is surprising to many in the environmental industrial complex that there has been relatively little litigation arising out of green building. There have been only a very modest number of cases commenced in courts across the country involving construction of green buildings. Even the Green Business Certification Inc.
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120 You Can Participate in Updating the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 12, 2014
if green building is going to mitigate the negative impacts that human activity has on the planet, green building must include houses. Preparations for the development of the 2015 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard are underway and there are opportunities for you to participate. For details and to RSVP.
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120 The Single Best Thing You Can Do To Grow Your Green Building Business
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
I was speaking at a breakfast of real estate professionals some days ago and the question I received most frequently from those in attendance was “ how can I expand my green building business? ” I retell that because it is a variation of the question I get most often these days about green building. So register today.
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120 The Single Best Thing You Can Do To Grow Your Green Building Business
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
I was speaking at a breakfast of real estate professionals some days ago and the question I received most frequently from those in attendance was “ how can I expand my green building business? ” I retell that because it is a variation of the question I get most often these days about green building. So register today.
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Niagara Conservation named 2013 EPA WaterSense Manufacturer Partner of the Year
Contractor Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2013
Environmental Protection Agency named Niagara Conservation the 2013 WaterSense Manufacturer Partner of the Year.
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Top 10 States for LEED Green Building and Surprise Top LEED Rating System
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Green Building Council released its annual List of the top 10 states for LEED certification in 2014. Among the extremely useful information is that green building is no longer only about erecting new high performance buildings. Kaplow LEED LEED Certification Stuart Kaplow green building law' Today, the U.S. Washington, D.C.,
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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – State Rankings
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
AUGUST 5, 2013
From the July/August 2013 issue . The Lone Star State, our 2013 State of the Year, continued to show dominance across several of our flagship rankings categories, something you would expect from the nation’s most dynamic state economy. So, without further ado, here is Business Facilities’ 2013 Rankings Report.
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Government support helping to drive demand for green building materials
BD+C
MAY 29, 2018
Increased use of green building materials in public facilities as a result of government support is a major growth factor for these products around the globe, according to Transparency Market Research. The global green building materials market is projected to grow 12.5% annually between 2013 and 2019, the firm says.
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91 Green Design at Children's of Alabama Makes State's First LEED-certified Healthcare Facility a Reality
Construction Business Owner
AUGUST 27, 2013
August 27, 2013) – Children’s of Alabama’s Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children expansion is the first healthcare facility in Alabama, and one of the first of its kind in the U.S., BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
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149 Jerry Yudelson's issues his "Top 10 Green Building Megatrends" for 2013
BD+C
JANUARY 7, 2013
Green building and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson, PE, LEED Fellow, has released his annual list of “Top 10 Megatrends” for the green building industry. read more.
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LEED v4.1 Announced by USGBC at Greenbuild
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 12, 2017
Green Building Council was no doubt the biggest story at Greenbuild 2017 in Boston last week. And that is saying a lot because Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building and there was much to be excited about in the aisles of the expo floor. by the U.S.
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238 First Green Globes certification given to new University of North Carolina housing facility
BD+C
JULY 18, 2014
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announced that the University of North Carolina-Charlotte’s Belk Hall, a student housing facility for the college’s upper division students, is the first building certified under the 2013 Green Globes for New Construction (NC), according to GBI president Jerry Yudelson.
Firms Expect Green Building to Increase by 2015
Construction Equipment
MARCH 5, 2013
Fifty-one percent of construction companies responding to a McGraw-Hill Construction survey said they expect more than 60 percent of their work to be green by 2015, according to Environmental Leader. March 5, 2013.
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79 179D Tax Deduction Brought Back to Life in the Tax Extenders Bill
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Each of the tax provisions in the bill had previously expired at the end of 2013. For those interested in green building, the most important tax provision extended in the bill is the 179D energy efficient commercial building deduction that had expired on December 31, 2013. per square foot.
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120 Sag Harbor Wants to Give You a Million Dollar Tax Break on Your LEED House
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
Sag Harbor Village, New York has become the most recent of more than 400 local governments across the country to incentivize green building. Green building is results oriented environmental stewardship that may portend a future for broader environmental policy. LEED credit green building interpretation ruling" tax'
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120 Defense Authorization Act Lifts Ban on LEED Gold and Platinum
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 30, 2013
Green Building Council’s LEED green building rating system. Green Building Council that the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2014, in “compliance with rules of the House of Representatives and Senate regarding earmarks and congressionally directed spending items” provides, in the compilation of.
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136 LEED v4 Delayed, Again
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Green Building Council has announced that projects will still be able to register under the current LEED 2009 through October 31, 2016. In USGBC’s announced 3 year cycle for updated LEED, 2015 would have been the third year and next version of the green building rating system was expected.
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