Green Building Law Update

JUNE 6, 2015

Department of Agriculture have determined, effective June 6, 2015, that adoption of the 2009 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code for single family homes and the 2007 edition of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers 90.1 And the 2015 IECC in Maryland.

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FDR Safety

AUGUST 22, 2013

For companies with a global presence, the promise of universal regulations is seen as welcome relief from the multitude of regulations that they must deal with around the world. In an effort to support this, OSHA on March 26, 2012, published the final rule for its Global Harmonization System regulations. The good news.

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 18, 2014

Turbo Diesel powers the Ram Heavy-Duty lineup, and is the first medium-duty diesel engine in the 8,501-14,000 lb GVWR segment to be certified to the new 2015 LEV III standards.' This new standard applies to all vehicles under 14,000 lb GVWR. The Cummins 6.7L

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BD+C

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Federal contractors may be subject to several new rules in 2015 that impact how they are selected for contracts and how they do business with the federal government. Regulations Codes and Standards'

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The ICC’s new cloud based code development system “cdpACCESS” will be used for the first time for the development of the 2015 IgCC. will be republished in 2014 for adoption in the 2015 IgCC. Codes and Regulations Construction Green IGCC International LEED code' And significantly, ASHRAE Standard 189.1

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

While these regulations have helped, there were five fatalities directly related to cranes contacting overhead power lines in 2015. To help reduce these needless deaths, in 2010, OSHA spelled out the steps necessary for cranes to work around power lines in the updated Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard OSHA 1926 Subpart CC.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 10, 2014

In 2015 the use of LEED v4 will become mandatory, a new 2015 International Green Construction Code will be available, an updated ASHRAE 189.1 will be published, the new ICC 700 National Green Building Standard will be approved, and there will be a 2015 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 4, 2021

With that wide public sentiment for fireworks, there is actually almost no environmental regulation for the setting off of millions of little explosions of the more than 99% of fireworks imported from China. But, San Diego does regulate fireworks for locations near the coast, requiring expensive permits (.

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FDR Safety

APRIL 16, 2018

OSHA defines violations of its regulations as willful, repeat, serious, or other-than-serious. Prior to 2015 it was the agency’s practice to look back no further than three years for citations that could add up to repeat violations. The higher the classification, the larger the penalty.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

The bird-friendly design standards that the Director adopts by regulation and that are equivalent to Pilot Credit #55. USGBC made substantive changes to the credit in 2015 and in 2016 and again in 2019 resulting in the current LEED v 4.1

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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FDR Safety

JULY 26, 2013

Our guest blogger today is Jim Carnahan, a member of the FDRsafety team specializing in advising clients on compliance with new OSHA regulations on Globally Harmonized Systems. Full compliance with the other elements is to begin in 2015. Questions and Answers regarding the new GHS regulation on the OSHA website.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This is a slight increase from the 37% reported in 2015, but a huge jump from 2005, when less than 5% of office space was certified. According to CBRE's 2017 National Green Building Adoption Index, which ranks 30 of the largest commercial office markets in the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Forty years later, there is general agreement that TSCA has not kept pace with the marketplace and Congress is on the cusp of overhauling the law and affecting a very large number of industries and business not currently regulated under the law. However, it is more likely a conference committee will be empaneled to seek reconciliation.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2016

And while some observers expressed surprise that the City with all those LEED projects opted to repeal that mandate in favor of the IgCC effective July 1, 2015, no one is surprised that with all that green building experience, the local regulation enacting the IgCC is elegant. or the National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2012).

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 23, 2014

The IgCC provides model code language, to be adopted by local governments as an overlay to existing codes to establish “baseline regulations for new and existing buildings related to energy conservation, water efficiency, building owner responsibilities, site impacts, building waste, and materials” and other matters.

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 31, 2014

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is implementing new reporting rules in 2015. Under the new rules, the company has eight hours to report a work-related death and 24 hours to report work-related amputations or hospitalizations.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Anecdotally, last year in Boulder County, Colorado during the second quarter of 2015, a modest 5,000 square foot indoor cannabis facility was consuming over 29,000 kWh of electricity each month. Tobacco in cigarettes is highly regulated, but ‘not so much’ for cannabis. 4) Investigate water regulations for small‐scale producers.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 10, 2015

” On April 27, 2015, Judge Christina Reiss of the U.S. Photo © 2015 Genetic Literacy Project. Only slightly less fun than a Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin Point Counterpoint on Saturday Night Live, is the fight over labeling food produced from a bioengineered organism is being waged in a Federal courtroom in Vermont.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 12, 2014

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. The 2015 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard will be the third iteration of this residential code. For details and to RSVP.

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BD+C

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Environmental Protection Agency's inclusion of commercial buildings in a residential lead paint rule is being delayed until 2015. Lead-based paint can still be used in commercial and industrial buildings, so the proposed commercial rule would apply to every commercial building in the country regardless of when built. read more.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Last week the House and Senate passed S952 , legislation introduced on June 8, 2017, amending the Green Buildings Act by adding to the definition of public projects, that had regulated new construction or major renovations of buildings, now expanded to include a public building’s “public real property site.”

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The National Insurance Crime Bureau, the public source for vehicle theft data reported to insurance companies, stopped tracking catalytic converter thefts in 2015. The precise number of thefts is not known. Police departments from Wichita to South Bend and Lynchburg to Manchester have all issued statements about increased converter thefts.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 10, 2016

This court action seeks to serve as a precedent for the regulation of potential future genetically engineered animals, effectively banning the science. The pleading argues that when Congress authorized the FDA in 1938 it never intended or provided a means for FDA to regulate twenty first century genetically engineered animals.

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 5, 2015

PLANET''s government affairs director discusses impacts of the health care law, bee population declines and proposed water quality rules.'

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 26, 2015

The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 , S. 535, a portion of this bill was formerly known as the Better Buildings Act of 2015, passed the House of Representatives last week and on April 23rd was presented to the President for signature.

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 31, 2014

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is implementing new reporting rules in 2015. Under the new rules, the company has eight hours to report a work-related death and 24 hours to report work-related in patient hospitalizations amputations, and losses of an eye. '

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BD+C

MAY 2, 2014

France has presented its design for Expo Milano 2015 in Milan--its representative building will be covered in gardens on the outside , from which food will be harvested and served inside. Designed by XTU architects, the pavilion was made based on the expo''s theme: "Feeding the Planet. Energy for Life.". Body Image: read more.

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BD+C

MAY 2, 2014

France has presented its design for Expo Milano 2015 in Milan—its representative building will be covered in gardens on the outside , from which food will be harvested and served inside. Designed by XTU architects, the pavilion was made based on the expo''s theme: "Feeding the Planet. Energy for Life.". Body Image: read more.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2015

Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. And it should be lost on no one that all of this involves the IgCC 2012 and not the 2015 version. By Jacqueline Lusk and Stuart Kaplow. ” Read on. ASHRAE 189.1

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BD+C

JANUARY 9, 2015

1, 2015, all employers under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye within 24 hours of finding out about the incident. Regulations Codes and Standards' As of Jan.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 22, 2014

A change in the existing code is necessitated by the USGBC’s June 1, 2015 effective for LEED v4, when projects will no longer be able to register under LEED 2009, because the Baltimore City Green Building Standard piggybacks on LEED 2009 metrics and forms. But make no mistake, Baltimore is not greenwashing.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Last week the 114th Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 and the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 when the Senate passed H.R. On December 18, 2015 President Obama signed the acts into law that will extend over 50 expired or expiring provisions of the tax code. 2029 by a vote of 65 to 33.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 9, 2014

will be republished in 2014 for adoption in the IgCC 2015. ASHRAE Codes and Regulations Globes Green IGCC LEED building' ASHRAE standard 189.1 You can go online today and participate in meetings, public reviews, and more. that may be the single most significant act in 2014 toward improving the built environment.

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BD+C

AUGUST 14, 2013

The benchmarking law is designed to reduce citywide building energy use by 10% in 2015. Regulations Codes and Standards' Enforcement is expected to begin in October.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Manufactures began exiting the marketplace and with EPA’s 2010 PFOA Stewardship Program where eight participating companies agreed to gradually phase out the manufacturing of the chemicals by 2015, new production of PFOA in the U.S. has been cut dramatically. Some suggest the U.S. But this is not a U.S. problem alone. In the U.S.

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