Regional Priority Credits were introduced into the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® 2009 rating standards. A year after their roll-out as a major enhancement of the larger LEED v3 system, Regional Priority Credits (Regional Credits) are little utilized and arguably, little understood. The stated intent ...

On July 8, 2010, the General Services Administration released its Recommendations for Vendor and Contractor Emissions concluding “that it is feasible, if employing the recommended phased approach [beginning in 2011], for the Federal Government to track and reduce its scope 3 supply chain [greenhouse gas] ...

State and local governments across the country are responding to the fact that Americans overwhelmingly want “government to try to reduce future global warming” through green building which “government should encourage with tax breaks” (.. above all other possible solutions). National Science Foundation Poll In ...

A green building costs less than a conventional building. Despite public perception to the contrary, today here is no statistically significant difference in construction cost between LEED® and non LEED building. And the LEED building will have energy cost savings, on average, of more than ...

While the property insurance marketplace was the first to offer special coverages for Green buildings, the other major commercial insurance markets, including design firm professional liability, builder’s risk coverage, and surety, have been slow to respond. But there are now insurance products that limit liability ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2010 voted to issue guidance on SEC disclosure requirements for companies on the impact that “climate change may have on its business.” As an Interpretive Guidance of existing SEC disclosure requirements, this edict is effective immediately upon ...

There is no statistically significant difference in construction cost between LEED® and non LEED projects. That statement will surprise some. It is not the puffery of some global warming activist, but rather a penultimate conclusion of a major study of 107 actual projects in New ...

Businesses, large and small, across all industry sectors are making plans for 2010 to respond to new government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. New regulation in 2010 The largest effort in this challenging environment may be businesses that had never before calculated their carbon footprint, ...