Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 18, 2016

My practice is almost exclusively sustainability including green building law, so a good response may be to look at a typical day. Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Reviewing and approving quotes in draft third party journal article on defects in green building contracts.

Green 149

Green Drafting Contract Sustainability 149

Stok

APRIL 12, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new climate rules that would require registrants to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-related financial risks, among other metrics. According to legal professionals close to the development of these standards, this provision as is will likely not be included in the final rules.

Regulation 52

Regulation Inventory Risk Software 52

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The drafting process was widely criticized resulting in a document that has never been enacted anywhere, and likely should not ever be adopted as code. On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise. Sec 1001.3.2

Green 156

Green Maryland Site Certification 156

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Substantial financial penalties have been recovered by the Federal Trade Commission and the 50 state attorneys general, not to mention in private civil actions. Therefore, DoD sustainable proponents have brokered this waiver with USGBC, allowing DoD to continue to utilize LEED without compromising data. Others collect building data.

Green 120

Green Risk Claims Drafting 120

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

This 2018 IgCC contains requirements that address site sustainability, water use efficiency, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, materials and resources, and construction and plans for operation. On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 Sec 1001.3.2

Green 136

Green Certification Site Sustainability 136

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation requiring selected companies to articulate their basis for ESG disclosures.

Legal 156

Legal Risk Green Claims 156

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

Income 108

Income Finance Zoning Employment 108