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Maryland Schools will No Longer be LEED Certified

Green Building Law Update

In response to legislation enacted by the Maryland General Assembly in 2018, overriding a veto by the Governor, commencing last week new public school building no longer has to be LEED certified or the like. of this article without requiring an independent certification that the buildings have achieved the required standards.”.

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

Green Building Law Update

Even before the conference started, on the preceding Thursday came the biggest announcement of Greenbuild, the new 2018 International Green Construction Code was finally being unveiled by the coterie of trade group authors and available from the ICC to the public. I will write more about the 2018 IgCC in this blog next week.

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LEED v4.1 Building Operations and Maintenance is Live

Green Building Law Update

The changes made to the rating system simplify and streamline the certification process for projects of all kinds. There is of course no Arc “certification” and Arc will thrive and grow as it is integrated within LEED v4.1. As I wrote in a blog post last year, LEED v4.1 “We are excited to introduce LEED v4.1 and not v5 (.

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The Women’s House in Morocco

Natural Building

In 2018, a team of architects, urban planners, interior architects, and artists were brought together for the first edition of the postgraduate certificate Building Beyond Borders of Hasselt University. The post The Women’s House in Morocco appeared first on Natural Building Blog.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

Editor’s note : This blog was originally published as a Client Alert by Seyfarth Shaw LLP. The Tax Bill suspends the exclusion for qualified moving expense reimbursements for taxable years 2018 through 2025. The Tax Bill also suspends the deduction for qualified moving expenses for taxable years 2018 through 2025.

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Green Globes 01-201X about to be Green Lighted

Green Building Law Update

The real news behind that headline causing great enthusiasm is that after a 3 year process, the Green Building Initiative is nearing the end and a completely revised “Green Globes Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings” will be available in 2018. This is not year 2000, when LEED was the first and only green building game in U.S.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

billion in workforce education. More than half of that spending (56%) went toward safety education, a sign that construction remains a potentially dangerous job. Last year, members of Associated Builders and Contractors , a national trade association representing the nonunion construction industry, invested $1.6

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