Green Building Law Update

MAY 26, 2019

The last review, in 2012, shook the green building industrial complex to its foundations, when it not only recommended LEED (that had previously been the sole option), but also recommended Green Globes. Green Globes, version 2013. The 2016 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings. LEED, version 4.0.

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Green BOMA Certification Sustainability 45

BD+C

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

According to a study of data from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International’s Experience Exchange Report (EER) by Kingsley Associates, the commercial real estate industry’s ongoing focus on energy efficiency has resulted in a downward trend in total operating expenses. Body Image: read more.

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BOMA Commercial Green Sustainability 110

SAB Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

iiSBE Canada, the Canadian arm of the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment [iiSBE], an independent, non-profit group committed to advancing the sustainable building agenda within Canada, has taken up the challenge of developing the knowledge base about the performance of leading high-performance Canadian green buildings.

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BOMA Viewpoint Sustainability Green 49

Green Building Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2012

The Department of Energy and several interesting partners (both BOMA and NRDC, for example) have launched a website consolidating green lease resources. Much is made of green leases, and the "split incentive problem" that is seen as a barrier to green building, and which green leases are designed to address.

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Leases Green BOMA Negotiation 40

CivilJungle

AUGUST 12, 2022

Green Building Council (USGBC). What Is Sustainable Architecture? Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings through improved efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space and the ecosystem at large. What Does Leed Stand For?

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Residential Education Housing Architecture 52

SAB Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

This has brought the importance of addressing the sustainability of existing buildings to the attention of many in the construction industry. It is becoming increasingly recognized that the majority of the building stock that will be in use in 20 or 30 years time is already built.

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BOMA Commercial Green Sustainability 70