Green Building Law Update

MAY 7, 2017

If you are regular reader of this blog you are aware there has been a hiatus in postings. I have been climbing in the Himalayas in Nepal for the past month and, in fact, am composing this blog post sitting in the lobby of the Yak and Yeti hotel in Kathmandu, as I begin to make way home. the IgCC and more. the IgCC and more.

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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. This is not a paid endorsement.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

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. Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The purpose of the blog post is not to argue whether or not arbitration works as well or better than litigation. And there is no question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. Even the Green Business Certification Inc. Legal scholars can have at it.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

For purposes of this blog post highlighting some of the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, the new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version (which later version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted). Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 So there is room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 7, 2018

Following ICC’s drafting of the administrative procedures for the technical content, the document that will be the 2018 – IgCC will be published in June. The 2018 version of the IgCC has been characterized by the ICC as being powered by 189.1. ASHRAE 189.1 will be published in that same document as an alternative compliance path.

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