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GREEN Facilities Management and Procurement Practices

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4bt.us – Integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery solutions for the built environment. Learn more… The post GREEN Facilities Management and Procurement Practices appeared first on 4BT. Rebuilding after a disaster has become prohibitively expensive. Via Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us

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Maryland Reverting to Certifiable In Lieu of Certified Green Building

Green Building Law Update

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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Maryland Schools will No Longer be LEED Certified

Green Building Law Update

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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Net Zero Certification Program Announced by USGBC

Green Building Law Update

A net-zero energy building described in the pending energy code in DC, in by Appendix Z is “a highly energy-efficient building that produces onsite, or procures through the construction of new renewable energy generation, enough energy to meet or exceed the annual energy consumption of its operations.”.

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Government policies help accelerate adoption of green building

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Green-procurement policies or green-building mandates can help accelerate the adoption of green-building practices, according to research by Timothy Simcoe and Michael Toffel.

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Maybe We Should Rethink LEED Laws

Green Building Law Update

As you may recall, the Destiny USA project received over $200 million in tax-free financing through the federal government's Green Bonds program. I think it's safe to say the Green Bonds program was a failure. Did the US Green Building Council act appropriately in assisting the Destiny USA project? Green Building Council.

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Social value a procurement challenge

Construction Law

Little attention has been given to the proposed legislative shake up of the UK’s public sector procurement that went before the House of Lords for second reading in late May. It is that obviously flawed process that the new Procurement Bill aims to reform.