Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft National Recycling Strategy and is seeking public comment through December 4, 2020, with the goal of finalizing it in early 2021. This draft identifies strategic objectives and actions needed to create a stronger, more resilient U.S. solid waste recycling system.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 22, 2014

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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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

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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ENR Construction

AUGUST 16, 2021

Draft environmental review process is still ongoing.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 19, 2020

HB 619 was also significantly amended from the originally drafted local bill seeking to protect Baltimore County firefighters from fire-fighting foam (. more precisely, aqueous film-forming foams) containing PFAS.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 18, 2017

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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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Currently, the Port of Baltimore and Port of Virginia (in Norfolk) are the only East Coast ports that can accommodate the large ships. BALTIMORE IS READY TO GREET THE BIG SHIPS. The Port of Baltimore is one of only two East Coast ports, along with the Port of Virginia in Norfolk, now able to handle post-Panamax ships.

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