Construction Law

MARCH 2, 2020

Construction seems to be constantly under pressure to reform, with pressure heightening in the wake of disasters like the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy. Dame Judith is now head of a transition board that will oversee introduction of the new Building Safety Regulator to be located within the Health and Safety Executive.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 30, 2020

Linus Kendall shared these details about their house, built in 2017. “I It helps regulate the humidity indoors. The post Bengal Natural House Survives Cyclone appeared first on Natural Building Blog. I am originally from Stockholm, Sweden but I have been working in the sustainability domain in India for the past 10 years.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 10, 2018

Policy for 2018 only is all buildings that earned 2017 ENERGY STAR certification will be eligible to apply for 2018 certification using a “Year Ending Date” of April 30, 2018 or earlier. EPA and the Department of Energy have signaled that in the FY 2019 federal budget, Energy Star will not be funded.

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Natural Building

DECEMBER 4, 2020

“When Hurricane Maria hit the island in 2017, we built three pilot demonstration homes and they all sustained no damage during the hurricane,” says Ingley, co-founder of Plenitud. The post News About Earthbags Solving Climate Problems appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2016 and GM Financial will begin occupying the building in the first quarter of 2017. “As Thanks to our low-tax, low-regulation environment, GM Financial will be creating nearly 500 jobs and investing tens of millions of dollars in the Texas economy. acres of land off of Raymond E.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In 2017 Sweden became the first nation to enshrine a ‘net zero by 2045’ target into law, but the law actually only requires 5 year reports on progress. There has been little litigation to date, but as far back as 2016 we wrote a blog post about “net zero energy” in California, False Advertising Claims over Net Zero and LEED Certified Homes.

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” In other words, the test sites will help FAA create federal regulations that will open the skies to a commercial drone industry that has the potential to become a growth sector worth hundreds of billions of dollars in coming years. For Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the dawning of the Drone Age can’t come soon enough.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 6, 2016

The company, which is the world’s fastest growing top 10 software company, will begin moving into Salesforce Tower Indianapolis in early 2017. To accommodate its growth, the company will establish a new regional headquarters downtown at 111 Monument Circle, which will be branded as Salesforce Tower Indianapolis.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 28, 2016

The International Maritime Organization, meanwhile, has yet to adopt an enforceable code for ships operating in polar waters; it expects to have one in place by 2017. Environmental activists already are expressing concern about the lack of specific environmental regulations in the Council’s framework for the Arctic.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 8, 2012

As those findings gained more substantiation, regulators issued fish-consumption advisories in 1971 for the river. Phase two started in 2011 and is expected to be completed by 2017 or 2018. View all Videos » Blogs: ENR Staff. Blogs: Other Voices. Obituaries. Multimedia. Special Reports. Annual Photo Contest.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 23, 2022

As described by Sofi Thanhauser in her new book, Worn, “by 2017, one garbage truck of clothes (5,787 pounds) was burned or sent to landfills every second.”. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a blog www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Real estate is a highly regulated industry and real estate transactions must to be recorded in a government ledger to be recognized and enforceable by all. I posted to this blog last year when Propy announced the very first blockchain sale anywhere, an apartment in Kiev, Ukraine in 2017.

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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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Natural Building

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Easily hand operated ventilators in these newly designed and developed greenhouses make it easy to regulate the temperature during summer months. In December 2017 we grew tomatoes inside the greenhouse for the first time. The post Passive Solar Greenhouses in Ladakh appeared first on Natural Building Blog. in summer months.

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Natural Building

JANUARY 2, 2022

There are no standards for making and using cob, and insulation needs to be added to the walls in order to meet building regulations. The project started in 2017 and has now reached the stage where the walls of CobBauge’s first UK building have been completed. The issue is getting through building regulations.”

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Pro Builder

JUNE 15, 2020

In 2017 : 320,000 with one fireplace, and another 38,000 with two or more fireplaces (total: 358,000 ). Manufacturers had to adapt, and the strict regulations were a major blow to the wood stove industry. EPA Ordinances and Regulations for Wood-Burning Appliances. . Fireplaces and Home Affordability.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 29, 2014

The company cited a number of factors in choosing a location for its new headquarters, including the TEF investment, Texas’ low taxes, smart regulations, fair courts and skilled workforce as factors in its decision. Southwest Blog-April-2014 Erlanger New York City Plano TEF Torrance' Far West U.S. Great Lakes U.S. -

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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

APRIL 2, 2017

I spoke to a gathering of construction industry attorneys the other day about that t he changing environment of Federal government regulation portends huge business opportunities for green building. This blog post is my prepared remarks for that talk. 3] An updated version of BEES is expected in 2017. In the in the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 9, 2020

The proposed Executive Regulation 12-20 appeared in the Montgomery County Register on August 1. A public hearing will be held on proposed regulation on September 3. Since 2017, the 2012 IgCC has been permitted in the County as an alternative to mandatory LEED building. And written comments may be submitted until October 5.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 11, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo on June 5, 2017 to all Department of Justice components and 94 U.S. This abuse of enforcement power was particularly prevalent during the last eight years in pursuant of alleged violations of environmental laws.

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