Green Building Law Update

MAY 10, 2020

The 2020 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS) is now available for free download and public use. You care about this because the NGBS is the most used green building standard in the United States. And yes, that is more domestic certifications than LEED and Green Globes combined.

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Green Residential Certification United States 156

Viewpoint Construction Technology

JULY 23, 2018

While LEED is well-known in the United States, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (.

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Certification United States Green 130

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 4, 2020

At a time when the building industry is principally concerned with the impact of COVID-19 and the luster is off green building, the Montgomery County Council last Tuesday unanimously approved legislation “to accelerate the construction of highly energy efficient buildings and green retrofitting of existing buildings.”.

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Green Certification Maryland Commercial 177

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 21, 2018

When the Saint Paul City Council votes this Wednesday on Ordinance 17-60 it should amend the legislation to not delete, from the existing law, Green Globes as one of the approved green building standards. Over 100 localities and 23 states currently accept Green Globes for green building projects.

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Green Sustainability United States Metro 149

Green Building Law Update

JULY 3, 2016

United States , is a win for small businesses and very good for those that work on Green Globes projects. Among the significant beneficiaries of this Supreme Court decision will be the many small businesses involved with Green Globes green building assessment and certification system.

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Green Certification United States Contract 120

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 30, 2014

There are 3,980,817 miles of roads in the United States. The amount of impervious roads is equivalent to the size of the state of Ohio. But when society thinks about green building, those thoughts are almost universally of buildings (be it offices or schools or homes) and not of infrastructure like roads and bridges.

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Roads Green Sustainability Certification 120

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Game of Thrones. This was supposed to be the year of the USGBC's new green building rating system, LEED 2012. The USGBC long ago selected FSC wood as the anointed certification for wood products. Then the USGBC shifted its tactics.

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Green Certification Drafting Drawings 120

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 14, 2013

All King County, Washington government construction and major renovations must strive to achieve the top national green construction rating under Ordinance 2013-0324 unanimously approved last week by the Metropolitan King County Council. Green building laws generally follow one of three regulatory schemes.

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Green Certification Sustainability Life Cycle 120

Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2015

It was widely reported that the first green building litigation in the country was the 2007 trial court case of Southern Builders, Inc. Million, 23 unit luxury condominium and restaurant project in Crisfield, Maryland, called Captain’s Galley and substantially completed in 2006. tax credit certificate. 19-C-07-011405.

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Green Maryland Lien Certification 120

Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2015

It was widely reported that the first green building litigation in the country was the 2007 trial court case of Southern Builders, Inc. Million, 23 unit luxury condominium and restaurant project in Crisfield, Maryland, called Captain’s Galley and substantially completed in 2006. tax credit certificate. 19-C-07-011405.

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Green Maryland Lien Certification 120

Constructonomics

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

In today’s post, she delves into the timely topic of integrating efficient construction management and LEED certifications into building practices to lower operating costs and reduce energy use. The study did not look at any other green innovations, like improved insulation or energy recycling. Achieving these savings is not difficult.

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Certification Management Green Construction 122

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This is a very unscientific consideration of all the non-confidential projects in the United States that achieved certification during the week of October 1 through October 7, 2013. With 7 projects, California had the most LEED certifications, followed by Michigan with 3 projects. At the low end, an NC v2.2

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Certification Statistics Las Vegas Colorado 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 26, 2016

SITES is modeled after the LEED green building rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., SITES v2 provides four certification levels. Green Building Council. SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system.

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Site Certification Green Sustainability 149

Green Building Law Update

MAY 25, 2014

Regency Centers Corporation, a publicly traded REIT, completed the sale of $250 million of “green building bonds” on May 14, 2014. million square feet located throughout the United States. ” Only days before the green building bond sale, on May 12, 2014, Regency was honored by the U.S.

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Green Banking Finance Leases 120

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. million existing commercial buildings in the United States today. LEED for Commercial Interiors enables project teams who may not have control over the whole building to build out green tenant spaces. There are more than 5.6

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Commercial Green Baltimore Commissioning 248

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 21, 2014

While hundreds of governments throughout the United States have adopted programs incentivizing green building, many tied to the LEED rating system, Arlington County, Virginia is the first to tie incentives specifically to the new LEED version 4. FAR bonus for LEED Silver certification; 0.35

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Arlington Certification Green DC 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 26, 2016

SITES is modeled after the LEED green building rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., SITES v2 provides four certification levels. Green Building Council. SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system.

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Site Certification Green Sustainability 120

Green Building Law Update

MARCH 23, 2014

On March 18th the Tomkins County legislature enacted a new local law providing for up to a 10 year property tax abatement for construction achieving LEED certification. In 2012, New York enacted NYCL RPT § 470 enabling local governments to exempt green buildings from real property taxes. but you knew that).

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Green Certification New York Baltimore 120

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 4, 2015

Up to 25 points are awarded for green building, including up to 5 points for redevelopment of a brownfield site, and up to 10 points for an adaptive reuse of a vacant building. Actual Passive House “certification” from PHIUS or the Passive House Academy is not required.

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Pennsylvania Housing Green Income 120

BD+C

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Turner Construction Company, the leading general builder in the United States, today announced the results of a new Market Barometer survey that focused on environmentally-sustainable, or “Green,” building, and on sustainable practices in general. read more. read more.

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Certification Green United States Sustainability 49

Contractor Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

and PCL Construction have announced that the North American Uponor Headquarters Annex manufacturing facility has achieved LEED Gold certification, through the United States Green Building Council Minnesota. Uponor, Inc.

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Certification Minnesota United States Green 58

Construction Business Owner

APRIL 12, 2012

Green Building. Connecting in Construction » Green Construction & Construction Software. There’s no denying that green building is more common than ever. In fact, just a few weeks ago, the latest version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) came out. Get Green Certified. STRATEGY |.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 14, 2017

Last week the ICC and ASHRAE issued joint news releases on the status of the “unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification” that will be published as the 2018 version of the International Green Construction Code. And that ASHRAE 189.1 has only be implemented by the U.S.

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Green Certification Foundation Innovation 120

Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 26, 2014

Much has changed, but much has remained the same, in the arena of green building law mandates since March 18,2002, when the city of Normal, Illinois enacted Ordinance 4825, the first ever mandatory green building law, requiring LEED certification in the Central Business District for public or private new construction of over 7,500 square feet.

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Guidelines Green Minnesota Sustainability 120

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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Rhode Island Site Green Regulation 120

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

LEED, Green Globes and other third party verified green building rating systems provide certainty able to satisfy the E (environmental) in ESG for many organizations. Even a building owner not pursuing green certification can take advantage of benchmarking against specific credits within those green building rating systems (e.g.,

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Commercial California Green Organization 156

Construction Law Monitor

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Green Building is all the rage in the United States. Whether it be a LEED project, or just a promise to the property owner to build or make a building more efficient and sustainable, as 2010 passes onto 2011, those in the construction industry are quite likely to run into projects with at least some green elements.

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Green Certification Portland United States 64

Wolgast Corporation

APRIL 26, 2024

The additional cost depends primarily on the level of certification you’d like to achieve because the higher the level of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) point rating system the more green materials and equipment you need, which usually have an elevated cost.

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Certification Office Green United States 62

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 30, 2016

it all started with fire testing for homes), with over 2,247,696 BREEAM registered buildings across 77 countries in its sustainability assessment method, will before the end of the year award its first BREEAM In-Use certification in the United States. based LEED certification consultancy headed by Barry Giles.

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Certification Los Angeles Green Commercial 120

PC Construction

APRIL 12, 2024

The two connected facilities, which are centered on a one-acre green quad, include the 218,000-square-foot, eight-story Portland Commons student residence hall and the 42,000-square-foot, five-story McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success. million project, which was completed last year, is the largest in the school’s history.

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AGC Maine Portland United States 102

Construction Superintendent Magazine

MARCH 27, 2014

Green Building Council—the highest standard that can be achieved in the rating system. With a score of 80 required to achieve Platinum level, the GIS building earned 89 out of a possible 110 points from the USGBC, which named the RIT facility “exceptional” and rated it among the top 1 percent of all green buildings in the United States today.

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Sustainability Certification United States Green 53

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 30, 2013

the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden. Green Building Council''s LEED rating system. and The American Society of Landscape Architects'' Library and Education Advocacy Fund, Inc.,

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Sustainability Site Texas Guidelines 120

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

That shockingly large number does not include forced prison labor, including forESG example the widely reported Chinese prison labor-derived nails that entered the United States.). “To Green building has never emphasized the social equity component of the triple bottom line. Today more than 35.8

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Equity Green Sustainability California 120

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Green Building Council’s LEED green building rating system is widely accepted and while LEED certification certainly has its advantages, our advice is that a very good response can be to enact company practices complying with this single LEED credit. But banning housecats does not make a good business response.

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Green Estimating Injury United States 24

Constructonomics

DECEMBER 1, 2012

The price tag on City Center actually makes it the most expensive privately funded construction project in the United States. Five of the six buildings in City Center received LEED Gold certification. Some of City Center’s green features include reclaimed rainwater and an onsite power plant.

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Las Vegas Claims United States Certification 100

Business Facilities

MARCH 15, 2022

ENERGY STAR certified plants are among the most energy-efficient plants within their industries. Together, 93 plants prevented more than 5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector.

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Certification Industrial United States Sustainability 88

Natural Building

JULY 21, 2009

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Location: Crestone, Colorado, United States. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. Green School Primer. The Most Popular Green Home Building Books. Green Guidelines and Certification for your Home.

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