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Army Abandons LEED Certification

Green Building Law Update

Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. The Army is abandoning LEED certification. Less than one month later, the Army has announced it is abandoning LEED certification. in lieu of pursuing LEED certification.

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Not April Fool's: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED

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In last week's post, I stated that the Army was abandoning LEED certification in lieu of a green building code based on ASHRAE 189.1. Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. This new code, based heavily on ASHRAE 189.1, I am baffled.

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ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords

Green Building Law Update

It offers a positive that the supply chain contract, the lease, is in writing. Even a building owner not pursuing green certification can take advantage of benchmarking against specific credits within those green building rating systems (e.g., government and The Group of Seven. yes, this blog will continue).

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

Green Building Law Update

Proceeds from these corporate bonds will be used to fund “eligible green building projects” including the acquisition, construction, development or redevelopment of projects that will pursue LEED certification. Green Bonds Kaplow LEED Sustainability green building' million square feet located throughout the United States.

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Rise of the S: Q&A with ESG Researcher Avis Devine

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Her time is mostly spent researching the financial implications of sustainability in commercial real estate (CRE) and serving Schulich’s graduate programs in real estate and infrastructure. YOUR RESEARCH CENTERS AROUND ECONOMIC RISK (BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL) AND HOW IT’S IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

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Rise of the S: Q&A with ESG Researcher Avis Devine

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Her time is mostly spent researching the financial implications of sustainability in commercial real estate (CRE) and serving Schulich’s graduate programs in real estate and infrastructure. Your research centers around economic risk (business and financial) and how it’s impacted by environmental sustainability. Can you tell us more?

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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

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Michiel Bakker, Director of Global Workplace Programs at Google, and Lindsay Baker, Head of Sustainability and Wellbeing at WeWork, discussed creating the workplace of the future. This could potentially be incentivized by baking it into recycling facility certification requirements. VERGE 18 | Oakland, CA. #1: