Green Building Law Update

JUNE 9, 2019

In response to an act of the Maryland legislature in 2018, the state is proposing a watershed revamp of its current mandatory green building requirements for new public school buildings. LEED Silver Certification by Green Business Certification Inc.) LEED Silver Certification by Green Business Certification Inc.)

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 18, 2016

But rather, this responds to a question I was recently asked when speaking at a law school forum on innovation in the law, “ what does a green building attorney do? ”. My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Lunch with prospective client].

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

These two dramatic changes to LEED have very real potential for increasing risk in green building, but updates are also underway to Green Globes and ASHRAE 189.1 as well as to a host of green codes. Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. With the U.S. LEED has added Integrative Process).

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted. This is not a paid endorsement.

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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 28, 2011

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BD+C

DECEMBER 26, 2013

What are the major trends likely to affect the green building industry and markets in the U.S. As one of the world''s leading green building consultants, keynote speakers and authors, Jerry Yudelson thinks he knows the answers. He offers his green building mega-trends for 2014: read more.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 18, 2015

I had an opportunity some days ago to speak at length with Vicki Worden, the Executive Director of Green Building Initiative. Readers of this blog will be interested in what this thought leader in the green building movement has to say. All of which gives her street cred in the green building industrial complex.

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Constructonomics

MARCH 6, 2012

I’m actually not talking about about how to deal with parks or trees or green rooftops (are there any in NYC?), but rather office space certified by the United States Green Building Council as LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design). On a side note, I find some slight irony in green commercial real estate.

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GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 16, 2018

Top questions to ask when designing a green roof. We all know the economic and environmental benefits of green roofs , but how do you ensure that your client’s vision of a green roof is realized? Today we had the pleasure of talking with Nick Smith of green roof system specialist Zinco International. Phillip.fry@gc….

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

These two dramatic changes to LEED have very real potential for increasing risk in green building, but updates are also underway to Green Globes and ASHRAE 189.1 as well as to a host of green codes. Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. With the U.S. LEED has added Integrative Process).

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Construction Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The government has opened a 12 week consultation on a Construction Products Green Paper published alongside its response to the Grenfell report. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

I am often asked, “how can I expand my green building business?” Greenbuild has become much more than only “green building” as sustainability has become woven into the fabric of business, the conference has evolved into the watering hole for leaders across the entire environmental industrial complex. more than food prep).

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

Arbitration is particularly wide spread in green building and has had the impact of so few green building disputes ever reaching a courtroom. Even the LEED Green Building Certification Inc. Many green building materials suppliers have provisions in their purchase contract requiring arbitration.

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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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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

MARCH 17, 2015

Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. Policy making public officials have described that when the triennial code revisions are adopted there will also be changes to the new Green Code.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 4, 2014

Despite that the unpublished opinion is not binding precedent, it will have a chilling effect on green building and in particular on the selection of new or untried materials and products that are the keystone of many sustainable projects. In 2001 and 2002, the leakage was investigated by two outside consultants hired by Clark.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

I was speaking at a breakfast of real estate professionals some days ago and the question I received most frequently from those in attendance was “ how can I expand my green building business? ” I retell that because it is a variation of the question I get most often these days about green building. 76 countries were represented.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

I was speaking at a breakfast of real estate professionals some days ago and the question I received most frequently from those in attendance was “ how can I expand my green building business? ” I retell that because it is a variation of the question I get most often these days about green building. So register today.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 6, 2018

With the upcoming May 25, 2018 effective date for the new European General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union law drafted to provide greater protections for the personal data of individuals, it is a good time to review and consider the large quantity of data generated by green buildings. Many small U.S.

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Construction Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2011

And A/E/C veteran and consultant Hope Wilson will present how to market construction services to the government. In addition, Wendy is trained in lean manufacturing, achieving Six Sigma Green Belt certification. Hope Wilson , CPSM, is Principal of Wilson Business Growth Consultants.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 3, 2015

GBCI, formerly known as the Green Building Certification Institute, has changed its name to Green Business Certification Inc. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System. “a structure that has achieved, as certified by Green Business Certification Inc.,

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The just completed 2019 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Atlanta is absolute proof that the LEED green building rating system, with more than 100,000 projects registered and certified, is thriving. Greenbuild is “the” target rich environment for green people. in lieu of v 4.2) will soon commence in earnest.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Rhonda Greene APSC AvidXchange An accounts payable subject matter expert and former AP manager and VP of payment services at AvidXchange, Rhonda Greene has been in the AP world for more than 30 years and has witnessed firsthand the transition from paper-based processes to fully automated AP and payment processes.

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HardHatChat

APRIL 30, 2012

Not only is Darden encouraging green construction by donating their items for other new restaurant construction projects, but the company can write off the donations so it ultimately saves on construction costs as its overall bottom line is stronger. Who knows, maybe a reporter will be interested in your story, too.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

My name is Stuart Kaplow and I want to introduce myself, I am the new publisher of the Green Building Law Update blog. But first, thank you to Chris Cheatham, the founder of this blog, for his years of good work in spreading the word of green building. I do know something about green building law. I drank the green Kool-Aid.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 4, 2018

But it is suggested that the Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides, designed to help marketers avoid making environmental marketing claims that are unfair or deceptive under Section 5 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § Key to the Green Guides are the examples.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 10, 2015

A recent sustainability study by G&S Business Communications found that the construction industry is one of the lowest-ranked industries for a "green reputation." Loch is the managing director of sustainability consulting at G&S Business Communications.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 10, 2015

A recent sustainability study by G&S Business Communications found that the construction industry is one of the lowest-ranked industries for a "green reputation." Loch is the managing director of sustainability consulting at G&S Business Communications.

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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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Construction Business Owner

JULY 14, 2015

A recent sustainability study by G&S Business Communications found that the construction industry is one of the lowest-ranked industries for a "green reputation." Loch is the managing director of sustainability consulting at G&S Business Communications.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 14, 2015

A recent sustainability study by G&S Business Communications found that the construction industry is one of the lowest-ranked industries for a "green reputation." Loch is the managing director of sustainability consulting at G&S Business Communications.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 27, 2023

The next £60m phase of Manchester Science Park has been given the green light by planners. Greenheys will additionally feature a ‘solar shading’ façade which will reduce heat absorption and visual glare, and a green wall wrapping around its first two floors to increase biodiversity and improve air quality.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

On December 20, 2019, the President signed legislation reviving the Section 179D energy efficient commercial building tax deduction and while much has been written about the much needed boost to green building, little has been said about the enormous benefits available from government owned buildings. Deductions of $0.60 I’m fairly confident?)

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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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FDR Safety

AUGUST 6, 2018

Something more visible like the green padmount transformer boxes that the underground lines connect to can be very dangerous to be sitting on. If one of the elbows inside the box are loose the whole green transformer box could become energized up to the utilities distribution voltage.

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