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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

This blog post is not as epic as A Day in the Life , the last song on the Sgt. My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Drafting contract for general contractor on large project pursuing LEED certification. Lunch with prospective client].

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Litigation over First LEED Platinum Building Comes to an End

Green Building Law Update

On July 23, 2015, the parties in the lawsuit The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., But we do know the facts as recited by the trial judge in a May 4, 2015 opinion ruling on motions, More than 15 years ago, CBF contracted with SmithGroup, Inc. Weyerhaeuser Company, et al, pending in the U.S. a then new, LEED low emitting material).

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Litigation over First LEED Platinum Building Comes to an End

Green Building Law Update

On July 23, 2015, the parties in the lawsuit The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., But we do know the facts as recited by the trial judge in a May 4, 2015 opinion ruling on motions, More than 15 years ago, CBF contracted with SmithGroup, Inc. Weyerhaeuser Company, et al , pending in the U.S. a then new, LEED low emitting material).

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Is the 2018 IgCC Doomed to Fail?

Green Building Law Update

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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Illinois Is Top State For LEED Green Building

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Illinois retained its top national position on USGBC ’s annual Top 10 States for LEED list for the third year in a row, with 161 LEED certifications representing 3.43 Census data, and includes commercial and institutional green building projects certified throughout 2015. square feet of LEED space per resident certified in 2015.

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Vicki Worden on the New Green Globes and Her Commitment to the Mission

Green Building Law Update

Readers of this blog will be interested in what this thought leader in the green building movement has to say. The comment period runs through October 26, 2015. I had an opportunity some days ago to speak at length with Vicki Worden, the Executive Director of Green Building Initiative. Leave it in a better way than you found it.”.

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The S in ESG may be the Most Impactful

Green Building Law Update

Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog. The “Social” components of ESG are among least measured factors in corporate sustainability despite being among the most impactful.

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