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Supreme Court to decide Climate Change Case

Green Building Law Update

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore , a much watched climate change case. The plaintiff is the municipal government of Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore and the other state and local governments are ignoring this settled law about claims for climate change and attempting to end run this precedent by suing in state courts.

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Meet the Insider: Amr Raafat, Chief Innovation Officer, Windover Construction 

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As part of the Insider program, he’ll write about digital transformation and sustainability. People like Amr will continue to solve problems such as housing our growing population, streamlining building components manufacturing, and developing new sustainable solutions for construction. Want to get to know him?

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Lawyers' Opinions in Green Building Transactions

Green Building Law Update

Committing that a project will be LEED certifiable versus certified by GBCI increases certainly and lowers risk. Photo Univ of Baltimore School of Law LEED Platinum Building. IGCC Kaplow LEED Stuart Kaplow Sustainability green building green building law lawyers opinions' ASHRAE 189.1

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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. EPDs LEED Product Sustainability TRACI declaration environmental' The White paper is legally not correct, but who would seek legal advice from architects (even a well respected architecture firm like Perkins+Will)? For details and to RSVP.

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CII Sees Room To Improve Industrial Project Performance | ENR.

ENR Construction

Sustainability. Tuchman in Baltimore. Risk management. BONUS: ENR Future Tech & ENR Risk Review at no additional charge. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction.

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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.).

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GBCI Changed its Name and You Need to Change Your Documents

Green Building Law Update

And that same month USGBC announced that it had acquired the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), an organization committed to assessing the sustainability performance of real estate portfolios around the globe. “a structure that has achieved, as certified by Green Business Certification Inc.,