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FTC Settles Charges Over Deceptive Zero VOC Claims

Green Building Law Update

Four paint companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively promoted products as containing zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or as emission free, including during and immediately after application. Some promotions also made explicit safety claims. The proposed orders against Benjamin Moore & Co.,

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Hastings is Adopting a Unique Green Building Code

Green Building Law Update

Hastings on Hudson, a village with a population of just over 9,400, located east of the Hudson River, less than 20 miles north of Times Square, conducted a final public hearing last evening on its custom written Green Building Code. nor any of the national green codes, rating systems or standards.

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Rethinking building envelopes for climate-ready buildings

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It also needs to ensure the “large membrane” that separates the exterior environment from the interior environment, also known as the building envelope, is up to the task. Will there be a need to resist increased water, wind, and temperature extremes in the exterior environment?

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. Green Building Council’s LEED (the ubiquitous acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the most widely used green building rating system in the world, less than 1% of commercial buildings in the U.S.

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Gotcha: FTC Enforcement of "VOC Free" Claims for Paint

Green Building Law Update

Green marketing presents an enormously valuable strategy for increasing brand value – cutting across all sectors. And the new emphasis on building materials and product makeup in LEED v4 will greatly favor environmentally conscious brands and businesses, far beyond LEED’s influence on the real estate industry.

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

Green Building Law Update

The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 but more than a year later, it has not been adopted anywhere. Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise. for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

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Nurdles are the Environmental Calamity of 2019

Green Building Law Update

But in the last twelve months I learned that a nurdle is also a term for a small, lentil size, pellet of plastic that serves as raw material in the manufacture of plastic products. The environmental issue was apparently first popularized in Green Britain including as a result of the 2016 surveys conducted by the Marine Conservation Society.

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