Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017
The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted.
Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 18, 2016
But rather, this responds to a question I was recently asked when speaking at a law school forum on innovation in the law, “ what does a green building attorney do? ”. My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Lunch with prospective client].
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Green Building Law Update
DECEMBER 3, 2017
Green buildings generate large quantities of data. In an age when many have opinions about Edward Snowden’s disclosures, foreign state sponsored hacking, and Uber’s massive customer data hack, most people have not considered matters of data protection from their real estate, green building or otherwise. Others collect building data.
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 5, 2017
It is surprising to many in the environmental industrial complex that there has been relatively little litigation arising out of green building. There have been only a very modest number of cases commenced in courts across the country involving construction of green buildings. Even the Green Business Certification Inc.
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
There is little question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. Arbitration is particularly wide spread in green building and has had the impact of so few green building disputes ever reaching a courtroom. Even the LEED Green Building Certification Inc.
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 28, 2014
On November 14, the International Code Council announced that the 2015 version of the International Green Construction Code had been approved. The 2015 IgCC creates a regulatory framework for new and existing buildings, establishing minimum green building requirements for buildings and complementing voluntary rating systems, like LEED.
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. But arising from a 2014 confidential agreement signed by the U.S.
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