During the 90 day Maryland General Assembly session that closed on April 13, 2009, the legislature considered over 2,600 bills. Of that number, 799 bills were successful. However, very little environmental legislation was introduced and only a few bills advancing a green building or sustainable ...

The Board of Commissioners of Carroll County, Maryland unanimously voted to create a credit against real property taxes for sustainable building. Ordinance 09-03 authorizing the property tax credit is effective May 5, 2009. Of note, the process began more than a year ago, when the ...

The federal government is opening the money spigots with billions of dollars in environmental and energy stimulus. The goal of this article is, modestly, to assist you by providing a guide to follow the money and in finding opportunities in the resultant Green building revolution. ...

Tenants are increasingly building-out their leased premises with Green improvements even where the core and shell of the building is not employing Green strategies. In point of fact, the LEED for Commercial Interiors standard (LEED CI) expressly provides for such a situation by permitting commercial ...

Most would agree that a compelling case exists, at least anecdotally, for Green buildings as a positive influence on office worker productivity. And a 2007 study of productivity in a refurbished office building at 500 Collins Street in Melbourne, widely discussed in legal circles but ...

When considering the subject of Green buildings most observers limit their thinking to the construction of new Green buildings. However, buildings that already exist have a surprisingly large impact on the natural environment. The Environmental Impacts of Existing Buildings Existing buildings in the United States ...

The U. S. Green Building Council announced on November 18, 2008 that, in a balloting among its members, LEED 2009 was approved. In excess of 4.2 billion square feet of Green building projects, comprising over 15,000 individual buildings, have registered for LEED certification as of ...

Effective September 1, 2008 building Green is a requirement for most new construction and renovation in Montgomery County, Maryland. Green, Greener, Greenest. Local governments across the country are racing to be the Greenest of them all. The Efficacy of Green The efficacy of Green building ...