Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 15, 2016

In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels. It is not good energy policy. It is not good environmental policy.

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Nevada Commissioning Leases Banking 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

Comments should be submitted on or before July 25, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule, however, skeptics have suggested it may be the result in the Presidential election that determines if this Administration driven GHG litmus test has legs?

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Regulation Risk Defense Commissioning 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

Comments should be submitted on or before July 25, 2016 to be considered in the formation of the final rule, however, skeptics have suggested it may be the result in the Presidential election that determines if this Administration driven GHG litmus test has legs?

Regulation 120

Regulation Risk Defense Commissioning 120

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 3, 2017

The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

Green 120

Green Risk Claims Drafting 120

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The drafting process was widely criticized resulting in a document that has never been enacted anywhere, and likely should not ever be adopted as code. The reworked provisions for construction and plans for operation , now combined in chapter 10, are much more than systems commissioning. Sec 1001.3.2

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Green Maryland Certification Site 156

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

The reworked provisions for construction and plans for operation , now combined in chapter 10, are much more than systems commissioning. Energy efficiency provisions were completely rewritten in the 2018 IgCC, including gone is the zEPI energy scoring. Sec 1001.3.2

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Green Certification Site Sustainability 136

Building Information Management

JULY 27, 2016

01 91 00 Commissioning. 01 91 13 General Commissioning Requirements. 01 91 16 Facility Substructure Commissioning. Foundation Commissioning. Basement Construction Commissioning. 01 91 19 Facility Shell Commissioning. Superstructure Commissioning. Exterior Enclosure Commissioning. Requirements.

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Equipment Construction Schedule Concrete 45