Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 18, 2020
This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. Make no mistake, Baltimore is not greenwashing. Most significant, drawing on the current law, the Baltimore version of the 2018 IgCC is a voluntary code. click here for a free copy of the IgCC ).
Green Building Law Update
JUNE 22, 2014
This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council for the purpose of adopting the International Green Construction Code. So, while it was controversial in 2007 when Baltimore mandating that privately owned building must be constructed green, Bill No. But make no mistake, Baltimore is not greenwashing.
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Green Building Law Update
MARCH 17, 2015
Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. By Jacqueline Lusk and Stuart Kaplow. ” Read on. one or two family dwellings, etc.). This delay in effective date is a big deal.
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 19, 2020
Prior to the just concluded session of the Maryland legislature, the State’s laws and regulations were silent with regard to PFAS chemicals including PFOA. At worst, Maryland could have been criticized along with the Federal government and other states, for failing to regulate PFAS as a hazardous substance.
Green Building Law Update
JULY 4, 2021
With that wide public sentiment for fireworks, there is actually almost no environmental regulation for the setting off of millions of little explosions of the more than 99% of fireworks imported from China. But, San Diego does regulate fireworks for locations near the coast, requiring expensive permits (.
Green Building Law Update
MAY 29, 2016
And while mandating onsite solar systems is not at all common today, Baltimore was actually the first major American city, to mandate all new building include renewable energy systems. A 30 story highly energy efficient proposed LEED Gold building being permitted in Baltimore has little alternative but to purchase 10 years of RECs (i.e.,
BD+C
AUGUST 23, 2018
cities have created laws and regulations to encourage deconstruction of old—and sometimes abandoned—homes. Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Portland, Ore., Reclaiming old building materials rather than sending them to landfills holds great appeal, particularly in blighted areas of cities.
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