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The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation - Baltimore?

Green Building Law Update

Baltimore City is poised to adopt a new zoning code that is among the most ''green building friendly'' land use ordinances in the country. The Baltimore City Zoning Code was last comprehensively updated in 1971. In 2008, the City Department of Planning began the current process to rewrite the Zoning Code.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

SB 018 alters the membership of the 1994 Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission and changes and adds topics on which the commission may appoint a subcommittee. The bill also exempts specified public-private partnerships (P3s) formed for the generation of clean or renewable energy from the public service company franchise tax.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

SB 018 alters the membership of the 1994 Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission and changes and adds topics on which the commission may appoint a subcommittee. The bill also exempts specified public-private partnerships (P3s) formed for the generation of clean or renewable energy from the public service company franchise tax.

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FTC is Pursuing Green Marketing Claims

Green Building Law Update

The Federal Trade Commission announced last Friday that it approved a final order settling charges that American Plastic Manufacturing, Inc. with Ida Cheinman for USGBC Maryland in Baltimore. Commission FTC Federal Green Kaplow Marketing Trade biodegradability'

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Building in Chicago: Embracing the US adventure and spirit

Construction Marketing Ideas

So I hatched plans to grow the concept in other US cities, initially Baltimore, then Atlanta and North Carolina (Charlotte). Our initial foray outside of Washington in Baltimore went poorly. As the business reached its near-death experience in 2005/06 we switched our US compensation model from salary/commission to pure commission.

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EPDs are New and Untested but in Short Order will Dominate

Green Building Law Update

” at the University of Baltimore School of Law on March 26 at 5:30 p.m. The White paper is legally not correct, but who would seek legal advice from architects (even a well respected architecture firm like Perkins+Will)? All are invited to the mini symposium “Can Green Building Law Save The Planet?”

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Opportunities Shine in Community Solar

Green Building Law Update

State legislatures and public service commissions are beginning to authorize community solar, although faced with opposition from dinosaur monopoly utilities, many are pilot programs of limited megawatt scope like the pilot authorized earlier this year by Maryland House Bill 1087. But community solar appears poised to shine brightly.

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