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Suing But Not Because it was Not a Green Building

Green Building Law Update

With the maturation of the green building industrial complex it has become clear there is no more or additional liability associated with constructing a green building versus a similar non green structure. As with the vast majority of claims involving a green building that this law firm reviews (.

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Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But.

Green Building Law Update

Despite that a frog told us all in a song lyric, “it’s not easy bein’ green,” it is easy to buy a green building, but. And there are many good reasons for purchasing a green building that is LEED Certified. LEED gave us the technologies and methodologies revolutionizing the way we construct and occupy buildings.

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Four New LEED Pilot Credits Respond to COVID-19

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council has now added two additional Pilot Credits responding to the novel coronavirus. Green Building Council has announced that LEED will play a role in confronting risk in the coronavirus pandemic era. Green building is a subset of that essential real estate sector.

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The UK Sets the Scene for Mandatory ESG Laws in the Western World

Green Building Law Update

These new laws are the Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 and the Limited Liability Partnerships (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a blog www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue).

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

Green buildings generate large quantities of data. In an age when many have opinions about Edward Snowden’s disclosures, foreign state sponsored hacking, and Uber’s massive customer data hack, most people have not considered matters of data protection from their real estate, green building or otherwise. Others collect building data.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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Green Building. It makes you innovate and be more efficient than the next guy. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. Green Building. STRATEGY |. MANAGEMENT |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. General Management. Software & Technology. Accounting & Finance. Construction Law.

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PACE Bill Due in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

In the event of a default, the amount in default (but not the entire principal of the PACE loan) is a liability that is a property tax lien collected by the local government with the priority associated with other real property tax liens, so existing mortgage holder consent to a PACE loan is required. Maryland is typical.

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