Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

These two dramatic changes to LEED have very real potential for increasing risk in green building, but updates are also underway to Green Globes and ASHRAE 189.1 as well as to a host of green codes. Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. With the U.S. LEED has added Integrative Process).

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BD+C

MAY 29, 2018

Increased use of green building materials in public facilities as a result of government support is a major growth factor for these products around the globe, according to Transparency Market Research. The global green building materials market is projected to grow 12.5% annually between 2013 and 2019, the firm says.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Three weeks ago the Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to 5 providers of environmental certification seals and 32 businesses using those green seals, alerting them to the Agency’s concerns that the seals could be considered deceptive in violation of federal law. The FTC enforces the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. §

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Game of Thrones. This was supposed to be the year of the USGBC's new green building rating system, LEED 2012. USGBC Retreats on LEED 2012. But somewhere along the way, the plan went awry and the USGBC had to retreat.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 16, 2014

Today there are 29,724 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard certified homes and lots. As the residential green code is on the cusp of eclipsing 30,000 certifications, more than a dozen governments across the country are evaluating adopting mandates or incentives tied to ICC 700. So, total certifications were up in 2013.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 3, 2016

These two dramatic changes to LEED have very real potential for increasing risk in green building, but updates are also underway to Green Globes and ASHRAE 189.1 as well as to a host of green codes. Today is the day to revise your contracts for sustainable projects. With the U.S. LEED has added Integrative Process).

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 19, 2015

Recognizing that while commercial construction is increasing building green, but that green residential construction lags in market share, local governments are increasingly looking to enact voluntary incentives to drive residential green building. With over 132 million housing units in the U.S.,

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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. Policy making public officials have described that when the triennial code revisions are adopted there will also be changes to the new Green Code.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Last evening the Baltimore City Council adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes. when the IgCC 2012 mandates heat island mitigation for not less than 50% of site hardscape with material as having a solar reflectance value of not less than 0.30 [.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 12, 2014

if green building is going to mitigate the negative impacts that human activity has on the planet, green building must include houses. Preparations for the development of the 2015 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard are underway and there are opportunities for you to participate. For details and to RSVP.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 but more than a year later, it has not been adopted anywhere. Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise. for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Mandatory green building laws are spreading internationally from the Philippines to India. With more than 11 billion square feet across 175,000 projects being LEED certified worldwide, it should not be surprising that most of those new green building laws are LEED centric.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This is a major change in public policy for the Old Line State that has required by law that all new state funding building be third party certified as green for more than a decade, resulting in 161 LEED certified pre K through 12 public schools. But no longer.

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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. In the realm of green building this is a big deal. The existing green building code mandates that nearly all newly constructed or extensively modified building must be certified green.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 5, 2014

The Commonwealth of Virginia requires that new construction and renovation of state government buildings be green. And now Virginia has become the latest government to mandate an alternative compliance path for green building that includes the International Green Construction Code. Green building is not new in Virginia.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The final vote of the District of Columbia’s Construction Codes Coordinating Board on the Green Construction Code (and all of the new construction codes) occurred last week, and today the codes are being transmitted to the Mayor''s office. The Green Code would apply to new construction and major renovations. IgCC compliance, or.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 23, 2014

The process of updating the 2012 International Green Construction Code moves to Memphis next week. There are more than 900 changes proposed ranging from clarifying confusing text to updating requirements to reflect the best science evolved since 2012. The hearings will also be webcast live.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 6, 2015

You care because this new minimum standard for energy efficiency in housing is widely seen as a benchmark driving green building and impacting significantly more units than LEED. For all intents and purposes federally assisted housing must now be green. And while such is generally viewed as positive and as advancing green building (.

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BD+C

JANUARY 23, 2013

Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its annual list of the top 10 states for new LEED certifications in 2012, highlighting those regions that are transforming buildings and communities across the country. billion sf has been certified worldwide through 2012. billion sf has been certified worldwide through 2012.

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BD+C

JULY 17, 2013

CBRE Group announced today five recipient institutions in its Real Green Research Challenge (RGRC). Launched in September 2012, the RGRC is CBRE’s $1 million commitment to fund leading-edge sustainability research and innovation in commercial real estate.

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SAB Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Two winning housing projects from the 2012 Canadian Green Building Awards squeeze great space from small building footprints.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 19, 2011

We are just over four months away from January 1, 2012. Green Building Act of 2006 requires that all new construction of non-residential buildings greater than 50,000 square feet be LEED certified. While there are many technical problems with the Green Buildling Act, the very premise of the law is fundamentally flawed.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 by the U.S. Green Building Council , International Code Council , ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society. the IgCC and the LEED green building program,” the ICC was only responsible for Chapter 1, Scope and Administration of the 2018 IgCC.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The process of updating the 2012 International Green Construction Code has commenced. In fact, proposals for changes to the International Code Council’s “Green Construction Code” have been accepted since November and are due not later than January 10, 2014. And significantly, ASHRAE Standard 189.1

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Contractor Magazine

JULY 18, 2012

Green Geothermal. Green Mechanical Awards. Home > Management > Business Devlopment > FMI Releases Q2-2012 Construction Outlook Report. FMI Releases Q2-2012 Construction Outlook Report. Construction Put in Place is Predicted to Grow 3 Percent by the End of 2012. Plumbing Contractor. Residential Plumbing.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

For the second year in a row, Navistar has been ranked in the top 100 in Newsweek’s Green Rankings report on the most eco-friendly U.S. The report also rated Navistar as one of the nation’s top 10 companies for environmental management, one of the three key components of each company’s overall Green Score. November 9, 2012.

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Contractor Magazine

JUNE 8, 2012

Green Geothermal. Green Mechanical Awards. Home > Management > MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WEEK 2012. MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WEEK 2012. MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WEEK 2012 is the National HVACR, Hydronics and Plumbing seminar and product showcase. Related Articles Gen Y Guy to Kick Off Mechanical Systems WEEK 2012.

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Green Industry Professionals

OCTOBER 30, 2012

After years of testing, Mean Greens commercial mowers can run for four hours on a single charge, and now the company is looking to beef up its national dealer network.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The guidance from the FTC is not new, but as renewable energy becomes more prevalent, increasingly businesses are making claims about their green energy. Among the relevant language in the Green Guides is, §260.15 Among the relevant language in the Green Guides is, §260.15 That express language is clear.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Green Building Council (USGBC) has named the recipients of the 2012 LEED for Homes Awards, recognizing projects, developers and homebuilders that have demonstrated leadership in the residential green building marketplace. 15, 2012, at the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo held in San Francisco. read more.

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SAB Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The SABMag Canadian Green Directory for Sustainable Design and Green Building is intended to help design and building professionals find products and services relevant to their building projects. LEED certification is granted only for an entire project, not for individual products or building systems.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 31, 2016

The City of Rockville, Maryland has adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as mandatory for all commercial and multi family building. or the National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2012). Some suggest the shift to the IgCC was a concern over the materials credits in LEED v4.

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Stok

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Community outreach continues to be an important part of our culture here at EBS (you may recall our “Best BIKE Challenge” towards a $10K donation to Project Haiti at Greenbuild 2012!). EBS News Energy Energy Auditing Green Building Lifestyle Sustainability Value' To that end, in our most recent EBS team day of service [.].

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Constructonomics

AUGUST 14, 2012

My friend failed to explain exactly what she meant when she said she lived in a green house. I was thinking shades of green, not 20 watt light bulbs and a gravitational water supply that trickled at best. Three decades ago, going green was on the fringe. It might be time to revisit the myths about green living—I did.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 26, 2019

The last review, in 2012, shook the green building industrial complex to its foundations, when it not only recommended LEED (that had previously been the sole option), but also recommended Green Globes. Green Globes, version 2013. BREEAM In-Use USA, version 2016. LEED, version 4.0. Living Building Challenge, version 3.1.

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BD+C

MARCH 14, 2013

The key driver to going green, according to the survey, is that green building now represents a business imperative around the world. In the 2008 report, the top driver for green building was “doing the right thing.” However in 2012, business drivers such as client and market demand are more important market influencers.

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Contractor Magazine

JUNE 19, 2014

Green Building Council now estimates that there are as many as 150,000 LEED-certified green housing units worldwide, a number that more than doubled between 2011 and 2012 and continues to grow steadily, according to the organization’s LEED in Motion: Residential report released June 19, 2014. WASHINGTON — The U.S.

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