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Green Globes to be Approved in Maryland

Green Building Law Update

Last week the Maryland Green Building Council voted unanimously to recommend that Green Globes, at the two Green Globes level, be approved by the Maryland Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services as a “high performance building” as defined in Maryland law. of this article.

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Microbeads Ban in Maryland will be more Efficacious than Others

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland legislature passed and last month Governor Larry Hogan signed into law House Bill 216 , now enrolled as Chapter 409, prohibiting the manufacture of a personal care product containing “synthetic plastic microbeads,” beginning December 31, 2017, and the sale of such a product beginning December 31, 2018.

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2018 IgCC to be Adopted in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

In the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the country only the town of Gaithersburg , Maryland has adopted the 2018 IgCC. To add flexibility while preserving sustainability, the enactments creates a new section eleven for electives, of which at least 10 points must be achieved.

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You can Participate in our Survey of ESG Activity in the Marketplace

Green Building Law Update

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. environment, social, governance]. Register today for the live virtual program. yes, this blog will continue).

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ESG Poll Results Drive Strategies for Business

Green Building Law Update

Concomitantly, readers of this blog are a target rich environment for current business ESG activity and a group ripe for this modest survey effort. Maybe not surprisingly 52% reported their company’s ESG priorities today were more heavily weighted on environment factors (. yes, this blog will continue).

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Insulation in the extreme

Construction Specifier

Beyond the global pandemic and events in the news, both episodic weather events and new environmental regulations are placing extreme demand on building materials, including insulation. Extreme weather, climate concerns, and new regulations. A reduction in GWP supports sustainability.

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EPA Releases Draft National Recycling Strategy

Green Building Law Update

economy and a way to conserve resources and protect the environment. It is important to accept that EPA’s authority to regulate recycling is fuzzy at best, beyond the agency’s implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. solid waste recycling system. Recycling is a key driver of the U.S. is at the municipal level.

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