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Maryland Schools will No Longer be LEED Certified

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of this article without requiring an independent certification that the buildings have achieved the required standards.”. In fact, we gave our first legal opinion on a LEED certified public building in Maryland in 2002. This law firm will issue those opinions of counsel to local education agencies in Maryland.

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Is the 2018 IgCC Doomed to Fail?

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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. to green building has been dramatic. will be green.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

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This blog post is not as epic as A Day in the Life , the last song on the Sgt. Responding to client email about impact of construction project change order on contemplated LEED certification, so that payment can be released today. Drafting contract for general contractor on large project pursuing LEED certification.

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The S in ESG may be the Most Impactful

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ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). Additionally, it is suggested in the U.S.

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

For purposes of this blog post highlighting the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, that new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version, which last version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted. so there was room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC. Sec 901.4.1.4.

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Path Cleared To Decommissioning And Site Restoration Of Vermont Yankee

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million in clean energy development support for Windham County and elsewhere, as well as a transitional $5 million payment to the State for calendar year 2015. New England Vermont Blog-Dec-2013 Entergy VY Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station Windham County'

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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

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The purpose of the blog post is not to argue whether or not arbitration works as well or better than litigation. Legal scholars can have at it. Even the Green Business Certification Inc. LEED Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision.

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