The final vote of the District of Columbia's Construction Codes Coordinating Board on the Green Construction Code occurred last week, ... The new Green Code is significant, not only for those constructing or renovating buildings within DC, but because it portends a new green regulatory scheme that may well be a national model.… Continue Reading
Savvy business people are finding opportunities to profit in matters ancillary to green building, including opportunities advantaged by providing services that contribute to LEED credits. The value of green building will exceed $106 Billion in 2013 and skyrocket to over $248 Billion in 2016 and the allied and ancillary services will ride that explosive growth.… Continue Reading
Sag Harbor Village, New York Wants to Give You a Million Tax Break on Your LEED House. The Long Island village has become the most recent of more than 400 local governments across the country to incentivize green building.… Continue Reading
Green marketing presents an enormously valuable strategy for increasing brand value - cutting across all sectors. But the legal implications for green marketing claims call for caution.… Continue Reading
Today is the final day to offer a comment on EPA's proposal to add a new ASTM E1527-13 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment procedure as an alternative to the existing ASTM E1527-05 Phase I procedure, in lieu of replacing it. This means beginning November 13, 2013, parties will need to choose which Phase I procedure to use in each transaction.… Continue Reading
Greetings. My name is Stuart Kaplow and I want to introduce myself, as I assume the helm as the new publisher of the Green Building Law Update blog. But first, thank you to Chris Cheatham, the founder of this blog, for his years of good work in spreading the word of green building. Second, an … Continue Reading
So this post is a farewell of sorts. And, an introduction that I am very excited about. The Farewell I can’t write for this blog anymore. You may have noticed — or not noticed — that I stopped writing about one year ago. It’s not because green building doesn’t interest me any more. … Continue Reading
