Mark D. Eisemann | Lewis Rice LLC | September 24, 2018 Over the past 20 years, state and local governments, real estate developers, corporations and tenants have all, to varying degrees, jumped on the “green” building bandwagon. Much credit needs to be given to the U.S. Green Building Council and its LEED (Leadership in Energy… Continue reading Trending: The Well Building Standard: A Worker Focused Performance Based Rating System
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Sustainable Construction: Too Good to Be True?
Matthew T. Hawk | Gordon & Rees | May 26, 2016 Over the past decade, sustainable—or green—construction has moved from the periphery into the spotlight in many parts of the country. With states such as California and New York writing sustainable building requirements into their building codes, green construction has now become the norm for… Continue reading Sustainable Construction: Too Good to Be True?
New DC Construction Codes Take Effect
Elizabeth J. Cappiello and Amy E. Garber – Ober Kaler – August 2014 Already on the forefront of green building innovation, the District of Columbia has adopted a new set of construction codes that, most notably, includes advanced energy and green construction regulations. On March 26, 2014, Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced that the 2013… Continue reading New DC Construction Codes Take Effect
LEED Rating Pops Up In Construction Dispute
Kevin Garrison – Baker Hostetler – January 23, 2014
USA Today and U.S.G.B.C. Spar Over Green Building
The newspaper USA Today has flipped Kermit the Frog’s colorful lamentation “It ain’t easy being green” and taken aim at the U.S. Green Building Council (“U.S.G.B.C.”) by asking the pointed question, “In U.S. building industry, is it too easy to be green?” [1] The USA Today article stated that more than 200 governing bodies in… Continue reading USA Today and U.S.G.B.C. Spar Over Green Building