Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 30, 2022

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a group of daring, innovative and creative attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a boutique ESG driven non-law and consulting firm “powering sustainability, today, for tomorrow’s business.” yes, this blog will continue).

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 28, 2015

Governments from Maryland to Colorado now regularly take the position that collecting precipitation is not legal, as a diversion of rainwater before it enters a water course. Maryland has the most stringent storm water (i.e., Like all fugitive substances, it can belong to no one else except the public.” Eaton, 1952.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 28, 2015

Governments from Maryland to Colorado now regularly take the position that collecting precipitation is not legal, as a diversion of rainwater before it enters a water course. Maryland has the most stringent storm water (i.e., Like all fugitive substances, it can belong to no one else except the public.” Eaton, 1952.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (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. Register today for the live virtual program. yes, this blog will continue).

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 18, 2014

The White paper is legally not correct, but who would seek legal advice from architects (even a well respected architecture firm like Perkins+Will)? Susan Dorn, general counsel of the USGBC, Abbey Hopper, director of the Maryland Energy Administration, and others will be presenting with me. For details and to RSVP.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 26, 2021

With this blog we have taken one small step of making a brick and mortar sustainability law practice accessible to all online as we all move to take a giant leap toward the metaverse. Some of what we will write about does not exist, from proposed state statutes to promised federal regulation, and more.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

And we wrote in a blog post in 2019 about a claim some 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast in Maryland, Net Zero Lawsuit filed Against Home Builder. For years, in our sustainability law practice, we have assisted businesses manage carbon asset risk. The more likely and larger risk is certainly to reputation.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. A larger number (30%) do so within a sustainability report and the rest use some other format. yes, this blog will continue).

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The existing statutory and permit requirements that impact the use of geothermal heat pumps and geothermal ground loop technologies and any other existing legal impediments to the use of geothermal heat pump and geothermal ground loop technologies. Maryland Passes Geothermal Heat Pump Bill. Posted 2 weeks ago in Sustainably Speaking.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

Journal of Legal. Delivering Sustainable, High-Performance Buildings: Influence of Project Delivery Methods on Integration and Project Outcomes. An analysis of the Maryland Department. Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration. Anderson, L., & Polkinghorn, B. Shamsuddin, S. Polkinghorn, B.,

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

But draw your own conclusions: This 2018 IgCC contains requirements that address site sustainability, water use efficiency, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, materials and resources, and construction and plans for operation. On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 The 2015 IgCC (.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that through green building practices, like the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 24, 2020

Moreover, an invitee cannot maintain a negligence suit merely from a showing that an injury was sustained in the defendant’s building. There are likely intervening issues, including significantly that legal action by employees is almost all barred and claims limited to the workers’ compensation system where the employer has insurance.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 24, 2019

This new pilot credit also leaves in place the 2016 pilot credit MRpc102 Legal Wood, that despite all the discussion has not been a market mover. Certified by a third-party legality verification program (see Annex 3). Voluntary forest certification systems have become important in promoting sustainable forestry.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The methodology was admittedly unscientific, if only in that the sample was too small given the large number of sustainable building being erected across the country. In some of those instances, the parties used an AIA Contract Documents form (the wrong form) but not a Sustainable Project form.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 13, 2012

Sustainability. Maryland Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. -->. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. -->. Associations. Washington Observer. Economic Stimulus. -->.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

This 2018 IgCC contains requirements that address site sustainability, water use efficiency, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, materials and resources, and construction and plans for operation. On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 22, 2013

Healthcare and biotechnology are among the key technologies that have been identified as being important for the future sustainable development of the Luxembourg economy. Frederick County, Maryland, is the prime location for bioscience companies to establish and continue their dynamic success in a global marketplace. Maryland Gov.

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ENR Construction

JULY 23, 2012

Sustainability. Maryland StonebridgeCarras LLC is planning to build a mixed-use project in Bethesda. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. -->. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. -->. Associations.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 9, 2022

Businesses do not need to engage in the current political fights over what are green energy, noting that the European Union just announced on New Year’s Eve the Brussels “green taxonomy” list of what is sustainable energy including natural gas and nuclear, to the displeasure of some. yes, this blog will continue).

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life. SSBCI dedicates $12.1

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S. They also offer a Sustainable Communities Grant and Loan Program that assists communities implementing “smart growth strategies,” and the CalReUSE Program that offers low-interest, forgivable loans to assist public and private partners in redeveloping contaminated “brownfields.”

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 9, 2020

Montgomery County, Maryland is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. But in what is being described as a requiem to LEED in America, the 2018 IgCC will now be required, but LEED will no longer satisfy the local legal green building mandate in Montgomery County.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

And these questions are not unfounded because as of November 1, 2020, legal industry databases of state and federal litigation are tracking more than 6,100 cases involving Covid-19 claims. Moreover, an invitee cannot maintain a negligence suit merely from a showing that an injury was sustained in the defendant’s building.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 15, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Today, the legal and political institutions in the United States and the EU are demanding ESG ideas be implemented by businesses posthaste.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association Environmental & Energy Section on December 14, 2021 at noon. Registration will be open to all; not just lawyers.

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