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Verdant Checked Cannabis is Coming

Green Building Law Update

While we all have been focused on the Presidential election results, cannabis law reform won in eight out of the nine states where it was on the ballot, from California to Massachusetts, on November 8, making clear the that the public is ready to put the harsh prohibitionist pot policies of the past behind us. But the U.S.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. The launch of RELi 2.0 Of note, RELi 2.0

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. The launch of RELi 2.0 Of note, RELi 2.0

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5 of the Most Sustainable Buildings of 2017

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Amherst, Massachusetts. buildings permitted for drinking treated rainwater. Inouye Regional Center incorporates the natural Hawaiian landscape, and features LEED Gold certification. The building uses 38 percent less energy than a typical hospital in Singapore and 69 percent less than a typical U.S. Cost: $371.5 Feet: 1,962,853.

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Marijuana Smoking is Allowed in LEED Buildings

Green Building Law Update

Many LEED smoking policies, certainly in the 20 states allow medical marijuana use, should now be revised to articulate that marijuana smoking for medical and even recreational purposes is permitted.

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#68:? Energy Code Compliance

NH Construction Law

The commission historically issued a permit only for residential construction (based on submission of application form EC-1 ), and relied on the design professional's certification without issuing a permit for commercial construction. Section 103.1 ” Upon repeal of RSA 155-D, New Hampshire has no such statute.

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4 Best American-Made Work Boots

Work Gearz

These boots come with EH certification. The outsole is a Vibram430 mini-lug design produced in a Massachusetts factory. Dissipating static work boots permit electrical current to flow through the sole directly into the ground. . These boots can be re-soled when necessary and the entire boot can be rebuilt. Full-grain upper boot.

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