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Miami Beach’s New Green Building Tax

Green Building Law Update

In 2015, 64 permits were issued for buildings over 7,000 square feet. Apparently none of those projects are today registered with GBCI as pursuing or having achieved a LEED Gold certification. If there is a failure to obtain any level of LEED certification, the fee is not refunded.

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Smaller, Sustainable, and Stylish: The New American Home 2022

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Smaller, Sustainable, and Stylish: The New American Home 2022. More impressively, due to permitting and design-related delays that pushed back construction until late May of 2021, the show home was completed in half the time of a typical project. . Mon, 12/27/2021 - 10:15. The 2022 home has ??4,646

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New Department of Defense Policy Accepts Green Globes

Green Building Law Update

In a tectonic shift in government policy, the Department of Defense will now permit the use of both the Green Building Initiatives’ Green Globes and U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for third party green building certification. And DoD is USGBC’s largest customer.

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5 of the Most Sustainable Buildings of 2017

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Earlier this year we talked about the importance of sustainability in construction , and how buildings are responsible for more than 40 percent of energy usage across the globe. Below, we look at five leaders in green building that made us take a second look. Kern Center at Hampshire College is a self-sustaining structure.

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King County Mandates its Green Building be the Greenest, with a Twist

Green Building Law Update

All King County, Washington government construction and major renovations must strive to achieve the top national green construction rating under Ordinance 2013-0324 unanimously approved last week by the Metropolitan King County Council. Green building laws generally follow one of three regulatory schemes.

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2018 IgCC to be Adopted in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. In the realm of green building this is a big deal. The existing green building code mandates that nearly all newly constructed or extensively modified building must be certified green.

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Green Code Mandatory on April 1 For All Building in Baltimore

Green Building Law Update

Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. By Jacqueline Lusk and Stuart Kaplow. one or two family dwellings, etc.). This delay in effective date is a big deal.

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