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

JUNE 10, 2018

The change is significant for buildings pursuing LEED or Green Globes certification, for buildings with GSA or other government space leases tied to an ENERGY STAR score of 75, for buildings in cities with mandatory benchmarking, and for the more than 450,000 commercial properties that have an ENERGY STAR score. You have 75 days to act.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

There has been little litigation to date, but as far back as 2016 we wrote a blog post about “net zero energy” in California, False Advertising Claims over Net Zero and LEED Certified Homes. Done correctly our work for a client is also a defense of capitalism by limiting the need for future government regulation.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 24, 2019

There may be no single subject matter more discussed with over the more than 20 year history of LEED than forest product certification. This new pilot credit also leaves in place the 2016 pilot credit MRpc102 Legal Wood, that despite all the discussion has not been a market mover. The European Union has similar timber regulation.

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Construction Specifier

AUGUST 22, 2024

Certifications asthma & allergy friendly® CERTIFIED—These products have been independently tested to be more suitable for the 100-plus million people in the U.S. in association with AAFA is a regulated, physician-led certification, awarded exclusively to products meeting strict testing standards developed by healthcare experts.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The materials and resources provisions are greatly expanded upon, including that it will now be the law that a minimum of 10 different products installed in the building project at the time of issuance of certificate of occupancy must have EPDs. Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

The materials and resources provisions are greatly expanded upon, including that it will now be the law that a minimum of 10 different products installed in the building project at the time of issuance of certificate of occupancy must have EPDs. Sec 901.4.1.4. It is not clear that ongoing requirements are desirable, like the sec 1001.1.3.2.1.5

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2015

The new enactment allows the Code official to accept third party certification of compliance with these alternative compliance paths; and the authors’ businesses will provide those certifications. Baltimore green Codes and Regulations ICC 700 IGCC Jacqueline Lusk LEED Stuart Kaplow green code' ASHRAE 189.1

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Building Information Management

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.401(b)(1). How to achieve certification.”. Yakowenko, G., Bohuslav, T., Ferguson, T., Hoelker, E., Molenaar, K., Schiess, G., Triplett, J., Construction management practices in Canada and Europe. FHWA Publication no. FHWA-PL-05-010). Garrett G.A. & & Beatty, F. 2011, May). Wennersten, R.,

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 12, 2016

By the BF Staff From the January/February 2016 Issue. It provides training in specific technologies, computer skills, safety certification, leadership, management and team building. C onsistent. Predictable. When it comes to business, rolling the dice on an unpredictable location can be disastrous for the bottom line.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 22, 2016

By the BF Staff From the January/February 2016 Issue. Its stable marketplace offers competitive energy prices, streamlined regulations and a low-risk investment climate. Boar’s Head Brand is set to open their 150,000-square-foot premium delicatessen product manufacturing and research facility in early 2016.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

Gary Herbert insists he has no national political aspirations, but other governors eyeing the White House might want to take a look at his record before they dive into the 2016 race: it will be very hard to top. Herbert became Utah’s chief executive in 2009 when Gov. Jon Huntsman was named U.S. Ambassador to China.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Jan Brewer, with providing expertise on state policies and regulations that proved pivotal to Apple’s decision. The company expects to break ground on the new facility by the end of this year and begin tire production by 2016. Team members credited the newly formed Arizona Commerce Authority, created by Gov.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Jerry Brown fired the two state regulators who had overseen a 70 percent decline in state drilling permits since 2008, a notable turnaround for a state leader who in his first stint as governor in the 1970s pioneered many of California’s landmark environmental protection statutes. Last year, CA Gov. Barstow Casino & Resort Project.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

To receive an abatement for property taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation. To receive abatement for any or all of these taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation. by 2017.

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Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

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Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

00 01 05 Certifications Page. 00 45 00 Representations and Certifications. 00 45 26 Workers Compensation Certificate Schedule. 00 45 46 Governmental Certifications. 00 01 05 Certifications Page. 00 45 00 Representations and Certifications. 00 45 26 Workers Compensation Certificate Schedule.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

JOB TRAINING PROGRAM: Originally set to expire in 2011, the Arizona Competitiveness Package extended the program an additional five years until December 31, 2016 and modified the definition of a “rural area.”. $25 The program ends December 2016. This continues a 10-year trend of reducing property taxes in Arizona.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 23, 2016

On September 28, 2016, the County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland submitted Executive Regulation 21-15, which adopts the International Green Construction Code 2012, to the County Council. instead each of those two regulations allow alternative compliance paths and most, if not nearly all new construction is opting for LEED).

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

It is clear that these models of acquisition and in other instances providing certification services represent a significant future growth path for USGBC. Building occupant demand was the biggest driver for green building (according to 40% of survey respondents), followed by environmental regulations (35%). I will see you in LA.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Proposed as Executive Regulation #21-15, by a notice published in the Montgomery County Register on December 1, 2015, the green building code will cover all new buildings and additions 5,000 square feet and larger. Unless “disapproved” by the County Council, the effective date will be January 31, 2016. And there are no completed 189.1

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