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Miami Beach’s New Green Building Tax

Green Building Law Update

In 2015, 64 permits were issued for buildings over 7,000 square feet. The new law is effective for all projects that apply for review after April 1, 2016, but as of July 8, 2016 the City has yet to collect the first dollar of the Sustainability Fee.

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Maryland Vetoes Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Increase

Green Building Law Update

Specifically, Governor Hogan announced he was vetoing House Bill 1106 – Clean Energy Jobs – Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Revisions, as enacted in the just concluded 2016 Maryland General Assembly session. In 2016, electric suppliers must demonstrate they have accumulated RECs at a percentage of 15.9

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

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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Maryland Vetoes Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Increase

Green Building Law Update

Specifically, Governor Hogan announced he was vetoing House Bill 1106 – Clean Energy Jobs – Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Revisions, as enacted in the just concluded 2016 Maryland General Assembly session. In 2016, electric suppliers must demonstrate they have accumulated RECs at a percentage of 15.9

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Organic on the FTC Agenda

Green Building Law Update

The word is “organic” as it relates to non-agricultural products is the topic of the October 20, 2016, roundtable sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is a big deal.

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#68:? Energy Code Compliance

NH Construction Law

The commission historically issued a permit only for residential construction (based on submission of application form EC-1 ), and relied on the design professional's certification without issuing a permit for commercial construction. Section 103.1 ” Upon repeal of RSA 155-D, New Hampshire has no such statute.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

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.”

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