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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

The 440th session of the Maryland General Assembly commenced on January 8, 2020. of note, the predecessor, appointed not elected, General Assembly of Maryland was first called together in 1635 in St. Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

The 440th session of the Maryland General Assembly commenced on January 8, 2020. of note, the predecessor, appointed not elected, General Assembly of Maryland was first called together in 1635 in St. Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

There would have to be some agreement, that does not exist today of what it means to be net zero (e.g., And maybe that includes an agreement that zero is more like the historical absence in the number of columns counted by Sumerian scribes 4,000 years ago than a modern laboratory measure of non-detect?

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LEED Credit is Designed to Eliminate Illegal Wood in Buildings

Green Building Law Update

There may be no single subject matter more discussed with over the more than 20 year history of LEED than forest product certification. Documentary proof that the products are backed by a FLEGT license accepted under the European Union Timber Regulation. The European Union has similar timber regulation.

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

But arising from a 2014 confidential agreement signed by the U.S. The materials and resources provisions are greatly expanded upon, including that it will now be the law that a minimum of 10 different products installed in the building project at the time of issuance of certificate of occupancy must have EPDs. Sec 901.4.1.4.

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New Maryland Real Estate Laws from the 2020 Legislative Session

Green Building Law Update

The 71 day session of the Maryland General Assembly was for the first time since the Civil War cut short from the prescribed 90 days (. of note, the legislature has met for 90 days since the predecessor, appointed not elected, General Assembly of Maryland was first called together in 1635 in St. Historic Discrimination.

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2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive

Green Building Law Update

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, indoor environmental quality survey to be administered 18 months after issuance of a certificate of occupancy and repeated every 3 years.

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