Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 14, 2018

Last week Green Building Initiative announced that it had completed the bold and innovative acquisition of Green Globes from JLL and I had an opportunity to speak with Vicki Worden, President and CEO of GBI and Bob Best, Executive Vice President of JLL. GBI, a nonprofit organization, had first licensed the U.S. can be found here.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 7, 2018

2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. IgCC, ICC 700, Green Globes and. Earlier versions of these green building standards, codes and rating systems were largely written in silos by partisans. In 2018 there will be new versions of LEED, ASHARE 189.1, and abroad.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 8, 2017

As you consider what’s “in” and what’s “out” in 2017, within the realm of green building, Passive House is in. The City of Vancouver Zero Emissions Building Plan calls for a 90% reduction in emissions from new buildings by 2025 and while it does not explicitly require Passive House design or certification, it will move that market.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Development of the 2018 version of the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now underway. As part of that development process, individuals and groups have been invited to propose changes to the 2015 edition of the NGBS submit proposed changes to the NGBS online by March 1, 2017.

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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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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 29, 2018

In 2013, China announced Operation Green Fence under which enforcement would be stricter. And in March, 2017 China announced its new National Sword standard although the details were not clear to many in the West until the July 18 notice that the level of contaminants in plastic and paper recyclables China buys must be no more than 0.3%.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. Green Building Council’s LEED (the ubiquitous acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the most widely used green building rating system in the world, less than 1% of commercial buildings in the U.S.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 17, 2017

The American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment looks at the best green buildings each year that save energy and water, utilize eco-conscious materials, and overall enhance the environment. Below, we look at five leaders in green building that made us take a second look. Jurong East, Singapore. It features a 1.5

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

According to CBRE's 2017 National Green Building Adoption Index, which ranks 30 of the largest commercial office markets in the U.S. by the share of green-certified square footage, 38% of all office space in the nation's largest markets were LEED and/or ENERGY STAR certified as of 2016.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Significantly, the 2018 global average GRESB Score increased to 68, up from 63 in 2017. Periodically a new issue emerges as an important consideration for investors in real estate and in response to a string of weather related disasters in 2017, this year resilience was such an issue. Green Building Council, Inc.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In 2013, China announced Operation Green Fence under which enforcement would be stricter. And in March, 2017 China announced its new National Sword standard although the details were not clear to many in the West until the July 18 notice that the level of contaminants in plastic and paper recyclables China buys must be no more than 0.3%.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

Last Friday, the International Code Council and ASHRAE announced they signed an “agreement that the new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), scheduled to be released in 2018, will be powered by” ASHRAE Standard 189.1 for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings. and the LEED green building program.”

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 26, 2015

Last Friday, the International Code Council and ASHRAE announced they signed an “agreement that the new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC), scheduled to be released in 2018, will be powered by” ASHRAE Standard 189.1 for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings. Standard 189.1

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 15, 2017

The State of Rhode Island is expanding its longstanding Green Buildings Act adding built landscapes to the list of public projects that must be built to recognized green building standards. Green Building Council associated Green Business Certification Inc. To date SITES has not moved the marketplace.

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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.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 23, 2017

Additionally, in its complaints against Benjamin Moore and ICP Construction, the FTC alleged that the companies marketed their paint using “Green Promise” and “Eco Assurance” environmental seals, respectively, without disclosing to consumers that they had awarded the seal to their own products. and ICP Construction Inc.

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SAB Magazine

MAY 31, 2017

Located in a new and fast-growing neighbourhood of Winnipeg, the Amber Trails Community School recently became the first school in Manitoba, and only the second in Canada, to achieve LEED Platinum certification.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2017

FITWEL, a cost effective, high impact, health promoting building certification, may be the best thing since sliced bread. from green buildings that were “high performance” because they had a low carbon footprint to, now, occupant well being and the resultant increased productivity. The FITWEL certification process is simple.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

The fast growing cannabis business could benefit from a voluntary certification system that producers could participate in to show consumers that they employ environmental best practices. Verdant Check is currently being piloted both with medical marijuana and recreational cannabis produces with a proposed first quarter 2017 public release.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 14, 2019

Green Building Council is looking for the future of LEED and has officially opened a call for feedback and ideas for the next version of LEED. This is an opportunity for anyone and everyone to influence the next version of the most widely used green building rating system in the world. could become the foundation of LEED certification.

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Business Facilities

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

From the September/October 2017 Issue. million to the University of Maryland to create a green energy research center. The goal of the Green Energy Institute—a collaboration between the University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC) at the A. The new green energy research facility is the centerpiece of Gov.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In 2017 Sweden became the first nation to enshrine a ‘net zero by 2045’ target into law, but the law actually only requires 5 year reports on progress. In 2009 the King of Bhutan proclaimed his Himalayan country was ‘carbon negative’ because all of its power was hydroelectric or solar buttressed with large forested areas.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JULY 24, 2013

Consumers Energy has taken the next major step for its new natural gas plant in Genesee County, filing for approval of a certificate of necessity with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). “When operational in 2017, this plant will produce about 50 percent less carbon emissions than the coal plants it will replace.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 7, 2021

Certifications • Florida Building Contractor. Collaborator and co-author for award-winning project in the 2017 Global LafargeHolcim Awards. Certifications • Arkansas Contractors License. Akel Homes. Delray Beach, Fla. . President, CEO of Construction and Design. Homes of Distinction. Rogers, Ark. . .

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 22, 2016

The move will bring more than 800 new jobs to metro Atlanta by 2020—most of them by 2017. The facility, which will be designed to meet requirements for LEED certification as a “green” building, is expected to open in the fall. “The health care industry is an economic driver in Georgia,” said Gov.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 29, 2013

Green Building Council. LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) is a system for rating construction projects’ green design and construction practices. The new data center will seek LEED Gold certification, and is scheduled to complete construction in late 2014. Old Dominion Plans Generator in Cecil County.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 18, 2013

They will add approximately 500 employees with a payroll of more than $30 million annually to produce LEAP-X engines, which incorporate green technology while retaining aviation power. 1, 2017 and Dec. Pennsylvania has jumped ahead of the curve with its PA Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit (PRM).

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 9, 2016

Energy Efficiency and Solar Grants: Commerce received a $25,000,000 appropriation in the 2015-2017 state Capital budget to continue the program. Renewable Energy/Green Industry Tax Incentives: . Generally loans range from $250,000 to $5 million. Expenditures for aerospace product preproduction development qualify.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 9, 2020

Montgomery County, Maryland is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. Montgomery County was among the first jurisdictions in the country, in 2008, to adopt a mandatory green building law for private building, requiring most new construction be LEED certified. But apparently not for long.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 8, 2016

55% of the receipts from selling jet fuel for use in turboprop or jet engines until June 30, 2017; 40% after June 30, 2017. A certificate of eligibility must be obtained from the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department to apply for this credit. Certain green industries. Five-Year Policy Changes: Year.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JULY 11, 2014

Certain green industries. A certificate of eligibility must be obtained from the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to apply for this credit. The credit may be carried forward for four years from the date of the certificate of eligibility. Five-Year Policy Changes: Year. Apportionment. Double-Weighted Sales.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. The launch of RELi 2.0

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. The launch of RELi 2.0

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 but more than a year later, it has not been adopted anywhere. Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise. for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 27, 2019

Petersburg, Florida passed a progressive ordinance last week mandating that City infrastructure projects and newly constructed and renovated City building be third party certified as green. Petersburg City Council on January 17, 2019 and awaiting the Mayor’s signature, supersedes the prior Executive Order 2017-01 Sustainable St.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 5, 2017

Standard for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low Rise Residential Buildings. The deadline to make application for Project Committee membership is March 15, 2017. And this is a particularly important Project Committee impacting nearly all corners of green building. ASHRAE Standard 90.1 ASHRAE 189.1

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