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The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation - Baltimore?

Green Building Law Update

Last month, the City Planning Commission approved a draft Code focusing on sustainability recommending adoption by the City Council. · New Transit-Oriented Development Districts are intended to promote new, well-integrated residential and commercial development around transit stations.

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Maryland Resets it Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law

Green Building Law Update

Securities and Exchange Commission issued a proposed new rule to mandate Tier 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions disclosures by public companies and the many other businesses in their supply chains. The bill’s principal sponsor clarified that it is 2024 GHG emissions that will be first reported to the state in 2025.

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The New and Improved 2020 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard

Green Building Law Update

As of April 1, 2020, more than 216,000 residential dwellings have been certified to the NGBS through NGBS Green, the third-party certification program administered by Home Innovation Research Labs. And yes, that is more domestic certifications than LEED and Green Globes combined. Replacing the 2015 edition (.

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Top OSHA Violations in Construction (2021)

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Of course, on a small residential job, it could mean the difference between making a profit and ending up in the red. A decent subcontract is drafted so that the subcontractor is responsible for complying with OSHA regulations as it affects your scope of work and your people,” says Lindborg. “So Workers’ compensation insurance.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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Swift notes that available commercial, residential and industrial land in the five-parish area is plentiful. The Go Group was commissioned by leaders in Calcasieu Parish to devise plans that would help direct local, state and federal financing for infrastructure, educational and workforce needs. PROPERTY IS PLENTIFUL IN SWLA.

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

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. for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. It has been widely characterized as an unbuildable code. Sec 1001.3.2

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