Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted. That may sound self serving, but it is true.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The drafting process was widely criticized resulting in a document that has never been enacted anywhere, and likely should not ever be adopted as code. But arising from a 2014 confidential agreement signed by the U.S. The remainder of the code is the substantive content that is the 2017 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC Standard 189.1

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

And there is no question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. Even the Green Business Certification Inc. LEED Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision. Legal scholars can have at it. The Supreme Court, in American Express v.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Arising from the 2014 confidential agreement signed by ICC, ASHRAE, the American Institute of Architects, the IES, and the USGBC “to collaborate on the development of future versions of Standard 189.1, The remainder of the code is the substantive content that is the 2017 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC Standard 189.1 Sec 901.4.1.4.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

A business that applies for the exemption must enter into an agreement with the Governor of Alabama. If applying for a transferable credit certificate, no more than half the credit may be applied in a single calendar year. 100% electable sales factor for multi-state corporations (increasing from 80% to 100% between 2014 and 2017).

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