Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 14, 2016

I am often asked, “ how can I expand my green building business? ” I do not claim any particular business marketing prowess, but Greenbuild has been the number one source of new clients for my sustainability and green building law practice! Greenbuild 2016 in LA will be “the” target rich environment for green people this year.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This is a major change in public policy for the Old Line State that has required by law that all new state funding building be third party certified as green for more than a decade, resulting in 161 LEED certified pre K through 12 public schools. But no longer.

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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

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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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Green building and LEED efforts. Humanitarian efforts (poverty, hunger, equality, health, wellness, education, employment). Green Building. Recycling and responsible consumption and production. Protection of climate, wildlife and waterways. Sustainable cities and communities. Anyone is able to make a nomination. Main Image.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 15, 2018

There is an electric charge running through the green building industrial complex with the announcement last week that “Green Building Initiative Launches New Green Globes Pilot Program.” 2014, 2015 International Green Construction Code Table 702.1,

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 28, 2021

Green building and LEED efforts. Humanitarian efforts (poverty, hunger, equality, health, wellness, education, employment). Green Building. Recycling and responsible consumption and production. Protection of climate, wildlife and waterways. Sustainable cities and communities. Nominations close June 25, 2021. Main Image.

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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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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 4, 2022

Green building and LEED efforts. Humanitarian efforts (poverty, hunger, equality, health, wellness, education, employment). Green Building. Recycling and responsible consumption and production. Protection of climate, wildlife and waterways. Sustainable cities and communities. Submit your nomination today! Promote to rotator Yes.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 29, 2014

While you were busy enjoying their new “Cronut” croissant donuts, earlier this month Dunkin’ Donuts announced the goal of 100 new DD Green™ certified restaurants by year end 2016. DD Green is a green building certification program that will assist franchisees build sustainable, energy efficient restaurants.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities last week announced the winners of its 2013 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence. and a dramatic interior green wall at Drexel University. Among the eight winning projects are a massive, 4.4-acre acre vegetated roof at the Kauffman Performing Arts Center in Kansas City, Mo.,

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Green Building Council’s Greenbuild convention in Philadelphia on Thursday, November 21. The winners were featured over a live BuildingGreen webcast and will be presented at the U.S. Body Image: read more.

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BD+C

JULY 2, 2013

Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today that its membership has voted to adopt LEED v4, the next update to the world’s premier green building rating system. The final overall vote was 86 percent in favor of adopting LEED v4.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 26, 2014

” My response is that the highlight at Greenbuild was all the ‘green’ building people. And thousands of other green people were there to attend sessions about how the build, grow and monetize green building. It is clear that green building is thriving. billion years of evolution.”

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 4, 2014

The final order is the fourth resulting from a set of “green” marketing cases the FTC first announced in October, 2013. In another FTC green marketing case, N.E.W. This law firm regularly assists businesses with green claims that can be made with certainty. This is a high bar. Plastics Corp., Plastics Corp.,

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Three weeks ago the Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to 5 providers of environmental certification seals and 32 businesses using those green seals, alerting them to the Agency’s concerns that the seals could be considered deceptive in violation of federal law. The FTC enforces the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. §

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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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BD+C

JULY 17, 2014

“Green” construction in the U.S. That is the conclusion that New York-based nonprofit Urban Green Council found in their research on “high cholesterol buildings.”. has mostly been on a fad diet – one where trimming energy consumption is focused on the present but not the long run. Body Image: read more.

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

There’s no denying that for your company to stay relevant in today’s commercial construction industry you need to be up to speed on sustainable construction and green building practices. Green Building Council.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 30, 2014

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. Established in 2010 and gaining traction today, Greenroads Foundation is an independent nonprofit advancing sustainability education and initiatives for roads.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

My response, Greenbuild is “the” target rich environment for green building people. The thousands of attendees represent more sustainability and green building business opportunities in a single place than will exist anywhere else on the planet this year. Educational activities abounded. So, the highlight is the people.

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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

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

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

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Green buildings generate large quantities of data. In an age when many have opinions about Edward Snowden’s disclosures, foreign state sponsored hacking, and Uber’s massive customer data hack, most people have not considered matters of data protection from their real estate, green building or otherwise. Others collect building data.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Over the past year, I've been lucky enough to get to know Jeremy Sigmon at the US Green Building Council. Jeremy works to educate the public and government officials about building codes. It has been a busy year for him with the introduction of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC).

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Possibly more accurately stated, this is a report on the state of the LEED green building rating system. Green Building Council. Last week Greenbuild was like drinking from a fire hose, being inundated with enormous amounts of information about all that is going on with green building. The state of LEED is strong.

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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. yes, one of the words that work) at the building scale.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Brousseau has chaired numerous educational conferences and served on several industry committees and boards. As a principal solutions consultant for AvidXchange, Greene enjoys sharing her best practices with other financial professionals to help them navigate day-to-day AP challenges.

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BD+C

JUNE 26, 2023

Addition by subtraction: The value of open space on higher education campuses 0 dbarista Mon, 06/26/2023 - 14:19 University Buildings Creating a meaningful academic and student life experience on university and college campuses does not always mean adding a new building.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable. Green Building Council in its LEED Homes Awards. Green Building Council, the creators of the LEED green building program, has selected outstanding projects in the affordable dwelling category for the 2020 LEED Homes Awards. Green Projects. Green Design.

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BD+C

MAY 22, 2017

When I visited him at work, I was blown away at the variety of amenities and “green space” he had access to as an employee. That got me thinking, and after a little research, I discovered the online technology industry was on the forefront of workplace design, and in a way, on education design as well.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 22, 2013

“A growing number of consumers are looking to buy green products and companies respond with green marketing. But sometimes what companies think green claims mean and what consumers think they mean are two different things,” Rich said at the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council conference last month.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Architects Energy-Efficient Design Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Geothermal Technology Sustainable Development Contractors Designers Cultural Facilities Engineers Education Facility Facility Managers Museums Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Energy Efficiency Sustainability'

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Low – Green building. While sustainable construction was a hot button in 2010 office construction, green retail and restaurant construction did not gain as much traction. Commercial construction costs were at all-time lows in 2010, allowing many projects to get the green light. High – Institutional Construction.

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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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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 13, 2014

I was delivering a lunchtime speech to a group of real estate professionals yesterday and the first question I received was “ how can I expand my green building business? ” I retell that because it is a variation of the question I receive most often these days about green building. My answer is simple. Attend the U.S.

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