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Army Abandons LEED Certification

Green Building Law Update

Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. The Army is abandoning LEED certification. Less than one month later, the Army has announced it is abandoning LEED certification. in lieu of pursuing LEED certification.

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FITWEL may be the Future of Building Sustainability

Green Building Law Update

FITWEL, a cost effective, high impact, health promoting building certification, may be the best thing since sliced bread. The well being of building occupants is increasingly being described as the number one driver of sustainability. The aims for a sustainable buildings have shifted in the U.S. In the in the U.S.

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A Day in the Life of a Green Building Attorney

Green Building Law Update

My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Responding to client email about impact of construction project change order on contemplated LEED certification, so that payment can be released today. Lunch with prospective client].

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How To Manage VOCs In Construction

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Contractors can’t build a home or office without these common construction materials. Read this article to find out. In some cases, the product may bear an environment-friendly certification or other forms of acknowledgment for being sustainable. But what are these chemicals? What are VOCs?

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WELL at the Intersection of Human Health and Green Building

Green Building Law Update

This “may be the most marketable proposition in real estate short of a front lawn overlooking the Fountain of Youth,” was how a recent Bloomberg Business article began. Green Building Council’s LEED certification program. Delos has joined forces with the Green Business Certification Inc. CBRE built out the L.A.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

We reviewed the Green Loop Headquarters, an office, awarded Gold v4 only 10 days ago that is only 846 square feet. We also studied the Bindery on Blake renovation of Suite 100, a Gold v4 certified office that is a much larger 22,000 square feet. Stuart Kaplow, Esquire is a sustainability and environmental attorney at Stuart D.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

While most Passive buildings are residential (well over 3500 buildings worldwide and 300 in North America), there are a growing number of commercial and institutional projects (over 500) including office buildings, hotels, schools, and even a prison. Which raises an interesting conflict that the two standards are not the same.

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