Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 12, 2016

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Regulation Risk Defense Commissioning 120

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 10, 2016

This court action seeks to serve as a precedent for the regulation of potential future genetically engineered animals, effectively banning the science. The pleading argues that when Congress authorized the FDA in 1938 it never intended or provided a means for FDA to regulate twenty first century genetically engineered animals.

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Regulation Engineering Vermont United States 218

FDR Safety

APRIL 16, 2018

OSHA defines violations of its regulations as willful, repeat, serious, or other-than-serious. Prior to 2015 it was the agency’s practice to look back no further than three years for citations that could add up to repeat violations. The higher the classification, the larger the penalty.

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OSHA Safety Employment Regulation 149

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Forty years later, there is general agreement that TSCA has not kept pace with the marketplace and Congress is on the cusp of overhauling the law and affecting a very large number of industries and business not currently regulated under the law. However, it is more likely a conference committee will be empaneled to seek reconciliation.

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Regulation West Virginia Housing Materials 120

Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 18, 2020

It is worthy of note that a second jurisdiction, Montgomery County, Maryland (that includes the municipality of Gaithersburg) has promulgated regulations adopting the 2018 IgCC, but the code is not yet in effect. Those electives are provisions extracted from the form code that projects in Baltimore may not be able to reasonably achieve.

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Baltimore Green Denver Maryland 156

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 26, 2016

SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., SITES v2 is a voluntary set of guidelines and performance benchmarks to assess the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of sustainable landscapes.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 10, 2016

In 2015, 64 permits were issued for buildings over 7,000 square feet. In 2015, 64 permits were issued for buildings over 7,000 square feet. The new law requires the payment of a Sustainability Fee prior to obtaining a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, Certificate of Occupancy, or Certificate of Completion.

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Miami Green Certification Sustainability 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 26, 2016

SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., SITES v2 is a voluntary set of guidelines and performance benchmarks to assess the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of sustainable landscapes.

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Site Certification Green Sustainability 120

Green Building Law Update

MAY 10, 2015

” On April 27, 2015, Judge Christina Reiss of the U.S. Photo © 2015 Genetic Literacy Project. Only slightly less fun than a Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin Point Counterpoint on Saturday Night Live, is the fight over labeling food produced from a bioengineered organism is being waged in a Federal courtroom in Vermont.

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Engineering Vermont Organization Regulation 120

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 10, 2016

This court action seeks to serve as a precedent for the regulation of potential future genetically engineered animals, effectively banning the science. The pleading argues that when Congress authorized the FDA in 1938 it never intended or provided a means for FDA to regulate twenty first century genetically engineered animals.

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Regulation Engineering Vermont United States 120

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. And it should be lost on no one that all of this involves the IgCC 2012 and not the 2015 version. By Jacqueline Lusk and Stuart Kaplow. ” Read on. ASHRAE 189.1

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

That level of inquiry is across a broad breadth of public companies and actually peaked in late 2015 (even continuing in early 2016) in anticipation of 10-K filings. Scientists, government leaders, regulators, businesses, investors, and the public at large continue to express heightened interest in the subject.

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Los Angeles New York Commissioning Regulation 120

Building Information Management

AUGUST 11, 2015

The terms Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) are getting focused attention from regulators, business owners, and property managers with new requirements. If you are not already familiar with the acronyms GHS and ICRA, then it’s time to get caught up! https://practicegreenhealth.org/.

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Contractors Construction Commissioning Certification 40

Building Information Management

AUGUST 11, 2015

The terms Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) are getting focused attention from regulators, business owners, and property managers with new requirements. If you are not already familiar with the acronyms GHS and ICRA, then it’s time to get caught up! https://practicegreenhealth.org/.

Contractors 40

Contractors Construction Commissioning Certification 40

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 7, 2017

While Federal, State, County, and Local Governments as well as other public entities may have volumes of regulations regarding construction procurement practices, in many cases they are outdated and do not include current LEAN construction procurement/delivery best management practices. Services and/or work may include… .

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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The new measures apply to procurements covered by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and cover all Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies. Previously, under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, social value only had to be ‘considered’. SMEs should be encouraged.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Beginning in 2015, private commercial buildings >50,000 ft2 will have to report their energy and water use to the city, which is the first in the Midwest to require the procedure. The policy is intended, in part, to enhance the power of sustainability as a marketing tool. read more.

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Minneapolis Commercial Metro Sustainability 68

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 20, 2015

Department of the Army published a final rule on May 27, 2015, “clarifying” the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. The rule is proposed to be effective 60 days after Federal Register publication.

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United States Commissioning Texas Regulation 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 20, 2015

Department of the Army published a final rule on May 27, 2015, “clarifying” the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. The rule is proposed to be effective 60 days after Federal Register publication.

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United States Commissioning Texas Regulation 120

Green Building Law Update

MAY 14, 2017

The ICC did not retain its IgCC committee after 2015, disbanding the small but vocal natural constituency for the next green code. Last week the update announced “the IgCC powered by 189.1” will become the 2018 version of the IgCC, due to be published in summer 2018.Significantly,

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 29, 2016

The Texas Legislature created the TEF in 2003 and reauthorized funding in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015 to help attract new companies to Texas and expand existing businesses to create more jobs throughout the State. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant offer of $1.538 million has been extended to the company.

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

. “Those can be part of what an environmental engineer does, but in terms of what an environmental engineer does a day in and day out, you’re really focused on what the regulations say, what you’re required to do to meet those regulations and how you’re going to do it, (while also bearing in mind) the cost and the timeline.”

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Engineering Equity Debt Infrastructure 52

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 28, 2016

In fact, the February 2015 winter peak tally for Arctic sea ice—5.61 Measured in terms of thickness, the deterioration is worse: according to a 2015 research study, average mean ice thickness in the Arctic has decreased from nearly 12 feet in 1975 to four feet in 2012, a 65-percent reduction. million square miles.

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Work Gearz

JANUARY 10, 2022

For those in need of high visibility for safety reasons, this Helly Hansen 100% polyester work jacket meets all the ANSI/ISEA 107-2015 standards for Type R Class 3 visibility. PFC-FREE DWR FINISH | Environmentally sustainable PFC-free DWR (Durable Water-Repellent) finish repels water from the fabrics surface. REGULATING TEMPERATURE.

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Fabrication Products Materials Regulation 52

Building Information Management

JULY 16, 2015

The federal government uses the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to regulate acquisitions. JOC is a form of integrated project delivery (IPD) targeting renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and “minor” new construction projects, while IPD targets major new construction. Use of federal funds.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 29, 2017

Revised September 23, 2015). Job order contract” means an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract which is awarded on the basis of full and open competition and effective competition and is used to execute sustainment, restoration and modernization projects at installation (post, camp, or station) level. AFARS – PART 5117.

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Contract Office Negotiation Procurement 100

Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

“The ACEEE report shows that we’re making real progress in capturing cost-effective energy efficiencies, which helps reduce power bills for ratepayers and the need for more costly and less sustainable forms of energy generation.”. These three states also topped this category in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

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. On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 The 2015 IgCC (.

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Green Maryland Site Certification 156

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Anecdotally, last year in Boulder County, Colorado during the second quarter of 2015, a modest 5,000 square foot indoor cannabis facility was consuming over 29,000 kWh of electricity each month. Tobacco in cigarettes is highly regulated, but ‘not so much’ for cannabis. 4) Investigate water regulations for small‐scale producers.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Environment Association Gold Award for 14 consecutive years for continual compliance with wastewater regulations. Mayor Lyndell Brenton said the city welcomes Holland 1916 as its newest community partner and looks forward to a strong, sustained and mutually beneficial relationship. “By billion in plant-specific investments.

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Kansas City Kansas Missouri Industrial 62

Natural Building

MARCH 12, 2020

After completing a degree in Environmental Engineering, I had spent two years in Costa Rican rainforest, volunteering for a sustainable forest management project. Building with local materials also concentrates environmental impacts where the communities using them can take responsibility for sustainable management and mitigation.

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Materials Sustainability Travel Regulation 97

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 9, 2014

will be republished in 2014 for adoption in the IgCC 2015. provides a “total building sustainability package” to design, build and operate green buildings. ASHRAE Codes and Regulations Globes Green IGCC LEED building' ASHRAE standard 189.1 You can go online today and participate in meetings, public reviews, and more.

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Green Certification Environment Regulation 120

GCP Applied Technologies

AUGUST 24, 2018

In the UK, standards such as BS8485:2015 have already been developed that provide guidance for site investigations and to identify acceptable levels of methane gas and carbon dioxide in the soil. We are likely to see similar regulations emerge in other locations in the coming years. . Sustainability. Waterproofing.

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Los Angeles Regulation Concrete Site 60

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 22, 2016

The metropolis of Los Angeles was the top food processing location in BF ’s 2015 Metro Rankings Report, earning the number one ranking in our metro Food Processing Employment Leaders category, edging Greater Toronto’s burgeoning food processing hub and the traditional food processing crossroads of Chicago as king of the foodies.

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Indiana New Jersey Employment Industrial 40

Green Building Law Update

MARCH 24, 2019

Documentary proof that the products are backed by a FLEGT license accepted under the European Union Timber Regulation. That distinction is huge because the relevant ASTM D7612 – 2015 standard makes clear that “forest certification is still a small fraction of total forest acreage” going on to describe that only 10% of forests are certified.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

For purposes of this blog post highlighting some of the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, the new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version (which later version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted). On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 Sec 901.4.1.4.

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