Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

But the broad growth of green buildings, including green schools, that include water conservation strategies has the potential to negatively impact the quality of drinking water in those green building plumbing systems. So unless a school has its own water supply (and few do), schools are not a regulated public water system.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

APRIL 30, 2019

New construction technologies to attract younger workers, a push toward green building and the good and bad news in safety — these highlight some of the top stories in April. Technology is one of the few ways the industry has made inroads with effectively addressing the skilled labor shortage.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 26, 2013

What are the major trends likely to affect the green building industry and markets in the U.S. As one of the world''s leading green building consultants, keynote speakers and authors, Jerry Yudelson thinks he knows the answers. He offers his green building mega-trends for 2014: read more.

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Constructonomics

APRIL 4, 2014

Cities like London need to develop sustainable and greener ways to grow, and to make use of the space that they already have, rather than encroaching on the Green Belt. An important element of urban design, if London is to overcome the coming challenges, is “living buildings” – green roofs , roof terraces and green walls.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As the construction industry currently grapples with the problems of global inflation, de-carbonisation, persistent disputes, and productivity hurdles, it is worth remembering that we have still come a long way in the past 50 years. . Professionalism is defined by codes of ethics and unique bodies of knowledge.

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Constructonomics

JANUARY 1, 2013

A green job is any job that improves the environment. Green jobs are great opportunities that help revitalize the economy and get people to work. Unfortunately, just because a job is green, does not mean it is without risks. Green roof workers are exposed to silica dust when they cut, drill or grind these products.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The process of updating the 2012 International Green Construction Code has commenced. In fact, proposals for changes to the International Code Council’s “Green Construction Code” have been accepted since November and are due not later than January 10, 2014. The IgCC first debuted with public version 2.0

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

We know many of you have had a busy summer, so it’s a good time to take a breath and see what’s been going on in our industry (like rising material costs), as well as what’s on the horizon (like more green building ). Fall has arrived, and with it another monthly construction news roundup. Construction Input Costs Rise 6.2

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 19, 2020

The bird-friendly design standards that the Director adopts by regulation and that are equivalent to Pilot Credit #55. Howard County has since 2008 been one of a limited number of jurisdictions across the country with a mandatory LEED green building law for private buildings. with an average household in excess of $116,000.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 18, 2020

This evening an ordinance will be introduced in the Baltimore City Council to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. In the realm of green building this is a big deal. The existing green building code mandates that nearly all newly constructed or extensively modified building must be certified green.

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Wolgast Corporation

APRIL 26, 2024

The additional cost depends primarily on the level of certification you’d like to achieve because the higher the level of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) point rating system the more green materials and equipment you need, which usually have an elevated cost. The advantages are more concrete to determine.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 17, 2015

Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. Policy making public officials have described that when the triennial code revisions are adopted there will also be changes to the new Green Code.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 12, 2014

if green building is going to mitigate the negative impacts that human activity has on the planet, green building must include houses. Preparations for the development of the 2015 version of the ICC 700 National Green Building Standard are underway and there are opportunities for you to participate. For details and to RSVP.

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Green Building Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

To ease you back into the workday routine, I want to share a post I wrote for RegBlog , the blog of the University of Pennsylvania Program on Regulation, about regulating sharing economy companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. You can read the whole post here.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

This market driver is, of course, before any real ESG regulation in the U.S.”. And regulation is already here that impacts some small businesses. The electric utility monopolies are an industry that doth protest too much, methinks, made wealthy by government regulation, whatever the pendulum swing of that regulation.

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Constructlaw

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2023, the construction industry saw significant developments, such as a downward trend in the commercial real estate market, a continued focus on sustainability, and the ongoing impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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Lets Build

MARCH 2, 2017

Green construction, or Green Building as many call it, has started attracting more and more attention during the last years. The concept behind green construction lies far beyond the creation of a building that doesn’t harm the environment. The True Value Of Green Construction. Better protection of the natural habitat.

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Green Building Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

To ease you back into the workday routine, I want to share a post I wrote for RegBlog , the blog of the University of Pennsylvania Program on Regulation, about regulating sharing economy companies like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a regulation to finally resolve and codify the legal principal that an incidental bird take resulting from an otherwise lawful activity, for example a sparrows flies into a solar panel, is not prohibited under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Three weeks ago the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 30, 2021

To work toward long term solutions, we counsel clients to be active participants in efforts with regulators to help develop useful ESG disclosure guidance in their industry. In 2021, EU based regulators began to fill the ESG disclosure void, but with the change in political climate in the U.S., If each country (.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

As I thought about the green building policy mess of 2012, I couldn't help but draw comparisons to Game of Thrones. This was supposed to be the year of the USGBC's new green building rating system, LEED 2012. The USGBC has also been stuck in a long standing siege with the wood industry.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 3, 2020

The following are her thoughts about green buildings and the rating systems that score them. Rating tools were, in part, adopted to head off the growing imposition of onerous environmental impact assessment in the building sector via “industry self-regulation”. Is this really progress?

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Lets Build

JULY 1, 2022

As the industry focuses on green construction to alleviate the environmental stresses caused by construction—the sector uses 48% of global energy , depletes natural resources, and is responsible for 38% of global greenhouse gas emissions —construction professionals worldwide are searching for ways to make their efforts more sustainable.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Two bills that would require installation of green and blue roofs on new government buildings received overwhelming approval from the state Assembly in New Jersey. The measures would apply to roofs that are at least 15,000 sf. read more.

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Building Radar

JANUARY 14, 2020

Top trends in the construction industry 2020 How will the construction industry develop in 2020? What trends will determine the industry? We have studied and evaluated numerous sources – discover with us the most important trends and developments in the construction industry in 2020. And what does that mean for you?

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 19, 2011

Green Building Act of 2006 requires that all new construction of non-residential buildings greater than 50,000 square feet be LEED certified. While there are many technical problems with the Green Buildling Act, the very premise of the law is fundamentally flawed. Green Building Act Fundamentally Flawed? On that date, the D.C.

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Green Industry Professionals

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Where do we go from here, and what implications are there for the Green Industry? On the other hand, cuts to environmental agencies such as EPA could result in a slowdown of regulation, which would make a lot of dealers and contractors happy. Whatchoo talkin bout, Wartgow?!). Automatic cuts to discretionary spending in 2013.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 26, 2014

Much has changed, but much has remained the same, in the arena of green building law mandates since March 18,2002, when the city of Normal, Illinois enacted Ordinance 4825, the first ever mandatory green building law, requiring LEED certification in the Central Business District for public or private new construction of over 7,500 square feet.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 7, 2014

We alerted readers of this blog in a post some days ago, All the Cool Green Building People will be in Memphis Next Week. With hundreds in the room, many representing industry interests, the ICC update of the Green Code is a voluntary consensus based process with openness, balance of interests, due process, an appeal process, and consensus.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 1, 2022

But make no mistake, the larger issue is the regulation for the first time of GHGs (including carbon) which will literally change the structure of the global economy, our political order, market capitalism and even our biological selves.”. Since the Industrial Revolution small amounts of other man made gases have been added to the mix.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 19, 2020

Prior to the just concluded session of the Maryland legislature, the State’s laws and regulations were silent with regard to PFAS chemicals including PFOA. At worst, Maryland could have been criticized along with the Federal government and other states, for failing to regulate PFAS as a hazardous substance.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

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. What may be called for is a better approach to resource use and operation of buildings. Most solid waste collection in the U.S. is at the municipal level.

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The Korte Company

AUGUST 17, 2018

While juggling sustainability and profitability at the same time is a challenge, construction companies can help owners achieve both by implementing green construction principles. Harness natural resources with green construction. In a way, green construction is partly an exercise in holistic thinking. It’s also free.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Given that the Federal Government is, by far, the largest owner of buildings in North America, and is also the owner or more green buildings and more LEED certified buildings than anyone else, this is significant. Green Building Council’s LEED 2009. GSA completed a supplemental review of the U.S. changes looming.”

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Construction Specifier

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

When the project team decided to go green during construction, high-performance coatings might not be the first thing on their minds, but maybe they should be. So, the core goal of most industrial coatings is sustainability. Green Building Council.”. LEED and LBC. LEED v4, developed by the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

PFOAs have been manufactured and used in a variety of industries around the globe, including in the United States since the 1940s and have been the most extensively produced and studied of these chemicals. Navy vessels to stain and water repellent fabrics as well as a variety of construction materials. Some suggest the U.S. problem alone.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 26, 2016

SITES is modeled after the LEED green building rating system. And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., Green Building Council. SITES is a sustainable landscape rating system. Given these projects (.

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