Green Building Law Update

MAY 21, 2017

But commonly, residential solar panel leases provide language similar to, You agree that the solar panel system is the Company’s personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code. You understand and agree that this is a lease and not a sale agreement. that are primarily used for business purposes), solar leases are regularly missed.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 12, 2015

This law firm is increasingly called upon to give legal opinions that a green building is LEED certified, certifiable or otherwise ‘really’ a green building. One might ask why the need for an opinion from a lawyer that a building is green? The opinion we are most often asked to render is required by a lender.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 12, 2015

This law firm is increasingly called upon to give legal opinions that a green building is LEED certified, certifiable or otherwise ‘really’ a green building. One might ask why the need for an opinion from a lawyer that a building is green? The opinion we are most often asked to render is required by a lender.

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Green Legal Finance Zoning 120

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

As I started thinking about the broader implications of the Solyndra collapse, I could not help but draw parallels to a similar federally-funded green project that has not panned out as expected: Destiny USA. " To support the project, the developer applied for a $2 billion Green Bonds program that Congress passed in 2004.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 10, 2017

It may well be commercial leasing will elevate blockchain in the marketplace ahead of deeds because leasing transactions do not require involvement of a government registrar. And progressive owners of green buildings and the like will all but certainly be at the forefront of this technological revolution.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 16, 2020

If solar panels are installed on the property, Buyer is advised to inquire about the terms under which the solar panels were installed, how to transfer the ownership or lease, and any costs associated with the transfer. You understand and agree that this is a lease and not a sale agreement.

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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

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

APRIL 2, 2012

In last week's post, I stated that the Army was abandoning LEED certification in lieu of a green building code based on ASHRAE 189.1. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1,

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Construction Law Monitor

MARCH 22, 2012

Just recently here at Wolfe Law Group , I had a client come to me with some ownership issues involving leases. Typically after a construction project is complete, especially in the commercial realm, there will be a lease of some type. There are residential, commercial, industrial, green, month-to-month, oral, and a host of others.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 18, 2018

But commonly, residential solar panel leases provide language similar to, You agree that the solar panel system is the Company’s personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code. You understand and agree that this is a lease and not a sale agreement. that are primarily used for business purposes), solar leases are regularly missed.

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Leases Housing Agreement Residential 179

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. An example may be a U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Green buildings are the geoengineering solution to many of the environmental issues of the day. USGBC will now be a catalyst for new, cutting edge technologies with the moonshot to net zero buildings.

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HardHatChat

JUNE 21, 2012

At Englewood, we have data points that go back for decades on commercial construction costs and leasing rates for areas across the country. Each municipality brings its own costs, and different market cycles bring different lease rates. Green Commercial Construction (5). Green Building Survey. Green Construction.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 20, 2013

This green tenant improvement portends enormous business opportunities associated with the U.S. Green Building Council and the existing built environment. The sustainable build out is the 32,308 square feet corporate offices of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. So, it really is very green.

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Business Facilities

JUNE 2, 2015

A new study from the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) reports that green leases have the potential to save the U.S. “Green leases address energy saving problems by aligning landlord and tenants incentives so that both win when the building is upgraded to be […]. office market $3.3

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Despite that a frog told us all in a song lyric, “it’s not easy bein’ green,” it is easy to buy a green building, but. And there are many good reasons for purchasing a green building that is LEED Certified. LEED gave us the technologies and methodologies revolutionizing the way we construct and occupy buildings.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 22, 2009

2. Green is Gold. Green buildings across all commercial construction sectors will continue to gain in popularity. issue of Shopping Center Business , Go Green Stations, a new alternative fuel distributor, is planning approximately 1,000 stores in 2010, compared to 100 in 2009. According to the Dec. And as stated in No.

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BD+C

JANUARY 18, 2017

Green leases, also called energy-aligned leases, have been gaining more adherents since they were introduced to the market about 10 years ago. Traditional leases tend to create disincentives for landlords and tenants to invest in more efficient systems and equipment.

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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. A number of public agency versions of leases, as well as some guidance documents are included. Energy costs represent about $1 per square foot, in a $150+ per square foot lease.

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Leases Green BOMA Negotiation 40

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Here are just a couple commercial construction tips and insights we learned along the way: There are great deals on leasing office space, but even better deals on buying vacated grocery stores. Even the smallest green construction building practices can make a difference in creating a smaller carbon footprint.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 17, 2010

We saw much-improved activity in shopping center construction – not necessarily the building of new malls, but in general commercial contractors working with landlords and developers on pre-construction services , such as commercial construction budgeting to help them propose attractive lease deals for new tenants. Low – Green building.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 26, 2012

Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. Read more here: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED. We have entered a new era of green building policy. For the US Green Building Council, this could be a devastating blow.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection for a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate and improvements has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. Phase l ESAs will now become much more common in commercial and industrial leasing.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Green Building. All businesses that purchase, finance, and/or lease less than $2 million in new or used business equipment during tax year 2011 should qualify for the Section 179 Deduction. Green Building. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. General Management. foundation.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

It offers a positive that the supply chain contract, the lease, is in writing. 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. Additionally, the fixed asset supply is multi-year, easy to monitor and verify.

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Construction Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2011

Prior to CWA Deborah served in marketing roles with Bovis Lend Lease, OWP/P (Cannon Design), Nova Environmental Services and more. In addition, Wendy is trained in lean manufacturing, achieving Six Sigma Green Belt certification. She holds both an MBA in Marketing and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Auburn University.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 19, 2020

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale. . § 9601 et seq.,

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Liability Leases Defense Commercial 156

Construction Enquirer

JULY 19, 2023

. “While the North Quay development is an integral focal point, we have been working in tandem to nurture and grow our current life sciences community and we have built real momentum this year through leasing success and working with our partners Kadans to develop bespoke and innovative new facilities.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 26, 2015

Codifying the current practice, this legislation also requires a federal agency leasing space in a building without an Energy Star label to include in its lease provisions requirements that the space's energy efficiency be measured against a nationally-recognized benchmark.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 30, 2020

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale. . § 9601 et seq.,

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Green Building Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2012

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 31, 2019

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate and improvements has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. Phase l ESAs are now becoming much more common in commercial and industrial leasing.

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Liability Leases Defense Commercial 120

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 16, 2018

In another high profile application, Walmart just announced it is requiring suppliers of leafy green vegetables upload growing and shipping data to blockchain by September 2019. Cryptocurrency is only one (. although a high profile one) of an untold number of applications of blockchain. There is no requirement for a cryptocurrency (.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 15, 2016

a homeowner with leased photovoltaic panels on their roof) in southern Nevada by approximately $623 per year, having the effect of increasing electricity costs for the many (including disproportionately, the poor).

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 10, 2019

In 2018 there were 2,049 children in Maryland alone, reported to have at lease 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. No level of lead exposure is considered safe. Federal law requires that before being obligated under a contract to buy housing built prior to 1978 (.

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Leases Inspections Contract Regulation 136

BD+C

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Examples include: • Green leases that help building owners and lessees save money. The funding will facilitate the implementation of market-ready solutions across the U.S. to improve commercial building energy efficiency, with a goal of demonstrating 20% savings or more across a variety of approaches, the department says.

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