For this Halloween edition of Green Building Law Update, I thought I would try to scare your socks off by describing circumstances that may lead to the green building legal apocalypse. Be warned, this blog post is going to give you nightmares! Last week, Doug Reiser and I presented at the Green Legal Matters conference … Continue Reading
Despite my previous suggestion that the USGBC’s Greening the Codes could have done without the history of building codes, I do think it offers an interesting history lesson. This paragraph caught my attention: The energy crisis of the 1970s brought yet another topic to the national stage. The soaring costs of energy and a … Continue Reading
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) recently published a white paper entitled "Greening the Codes" that is simultaneously very helpful and somewhat frustrating. The most important information is buried on page seven after an unnecessary review of the history of building codes. But if you can get through the first six pages, you will … Continue Reading
