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FTC Regulates What You can Say about Your Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

A Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) is a tradeable, market-based instrument that represents the legal property rights to the “renewable-ness” or all of the non-power attributes of renewable electricity generation. The environmental industrial complex regularly skirts this legal prescription. yes, this blog will continue).

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ESG Accelerates Greenwashing

Green Building Law Update

The Keep American Beautiful anti littering campaign was founded by beverage manufacturers and others in 1953, partly to forestall regulation of disposable containers. The hotel industry’s “save the towel” campaign was of course not the first modern greenwashing. In 1999, the word “greenwash” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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2018 IgCC Poised to be Adopted for the First Time

Green Building Law Update

The proposed Executive Regulation 12-20 appeared in the Montgomery County Register on August 1. A public hearing will be held on proposed regulation on September 3. Since 2017, the 2012 IgCC has been permitted in the County as an alternative to mandatory LEED building. And written comments may be submitted until October 5.

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Green Building (Including LEED-Centric) Laws Spread Over Seas

Green Building Law Update

At year end 2012, more than 40% of all square footage pursuing LEED certification existed outside the U.S. Last week, in the Philippines, the Department of Justice authorized the Department of Public Works and Highways to move forward adopting a green building regulation in the National Building Code of the Philippines.

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

Green Building Law Update

For purposes of this blog post highlighting the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, that new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version, which last version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted. so there was room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC. Inexplicably sec 501.3.5.1, Sec 501.3.7.2.1

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