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Baltimore City is Adopting the IgCC

Green Building Law Update

This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council for the purpose of adopting the International Green Construction Code. So, while it was controversial in 2007 when Baltimore mandating that privately owned building must be constructed green, Bill No. But make no mistake, Baltimore is not greenwashing.

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GBCI Changed its Name and You Need to Change Your Documents

Green Building Law Update

GBCI, formerly known as the Green Building Certification Institute, has changed its name to Green Business Certification Inc. GBCI administers project certifications and professional credentials within the U.S. “a structure that has achieved, as certified by Green Business Certification Inc.,

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You Need a Green Building Consultant (Who Speaks for the Trees)

Green Building Law Update

My go to move is to recommend Lorax Partnerships based in Baltimore who are among the best of green building consultants we work with. Okay, the single best way to mitigate risk in a green building project are properly drafted contract documents.). Which often leads to a follow up question, “who do you recommend?”.

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The Ramifications of this IgCC Enactment are of National Import

Green Building Law Update

After more than 2 years of seeking public comment, County staff made few if any changes from their first draft and is still proposing a modest number of amendments to the form IgCC. Not a single IgCC building has yet to be constructed in the City of Rockville, nor under the State of Maryland or Baltimore City IgCC regulatory schemes (i.e.,

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

Green Building Law Update

The drafting process was widely criticized resulting in a document that has never been enacted anywhere, and likely should not ever be adopted as code. indoor environmental quality survey to be administered 18 months after issuance of a certificate of occupancy and repeated every 3 years. Sec 901.4.1.4. The 2015 IgCC (.

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