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Mind Your Administrative P's & Q's When Rejecting Energy Code Changes

Green Building Law Blog

Between 2006 and 2012, the construction and energy codes adopted in many jurisdictions have incorporated provisions increasing the energy efficiency of buildings built to code by 30% (15% from the 2006 to the 2009 codes, and an additional 15% from 2009 to 2012). The decision is available here. 313838, April 4, 2013 (N.M.

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Mind Your Administrative P's & Q's When Rejecting Energy Code Changes

Green Building Law Blog

Between 2006 and 2012, the construction and energy codes adopted in many jurisdictions have incorporated provisions increasing the energy efficiency of buildings built to code by 30% (15% from the 2006 to the 2009 codes, and an additional 15% from 2009 to 2012). The decision is available here. 313838, April 4, 2013 (N.M.

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EPDs are New and Untested but in Short Order will Dominate

Green Building Law Update

It is troubling that ISO 14025, specifying the procedures for developing Type III EPDs, was published in 2006, a long time ago in the realm of science and years before the current widely accepted ESEtox toxicity tool even existed. However, the White paper is useful in identifying the shortcomings of EPDs and in particular ISO based EPDs.

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Energy Efficient Commercial Building Tax Deduction 179D: What Owners Need to Know

Stok

The tax deduction has been around in various forms since 2006, but under recent changes from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the base deduction ranges from $0.50-$1.00 Stok’s in-house energy modelers, commissioning agents, and professional engineers are here to help you seamlessly secure your 179D tax deduction. per square foot.

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Maryland Resets it Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law

Green Building Law Update

The bill explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”. The bill’s principal sponsor clarified that it is 2024 GHG emissions that will be first reported to the state in 2025.

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Building in Chicago: Embracing the US adventure and spirit

Construction Marketing Ideas

As the business reached its near-death experience in 2005/06 we switched our US compensation model from salary/commission to pure commission. However, a few months earlier, Bob Kruhm called to say he would like to take on the North Carolina publication, on pure commission. I thought he would leave.

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General Assembly Moves to Repeal Tennessee's Prevailing Wage Act

Best Practices Construction Law

When I moved to Nashville in 2006, I was sworn into the Tennessee bar by a local judge. My partner happened to be in trial on a significant prevailing wage dispute, and the court a break during the trial to admit me to the practice of law in Tennessee.