Last Friday Congress passed and the President signed into law the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, which revised the $700 billion financial rescue package and added $150 billion of tax breaks and incentives. Significantly, included among the tax provisions are $18 billion of tax credits for ...

With in excess of 3.5 billion square feet of Green building projects, comprising over 10,000 individual buildings, having registered to seek LEED certification (as of May 1, 2008), and with dozens more signing up every day, it should not be surprising that the U.S. Green ...

Note, marketing Green building is one of the key topics that will be discussed at our upcoming seminar “The Law Of Green Building In Maryland.” Information about the seminar, scheduled for both August 7th at 8 – 10 a.m. and August 12th at 5 – ...

Within the span of two recent weeks Carroll County moved to the fore of local governments in Maryland striving to reduce our carbon footprint by enacting the first law in the state authorizing wind turbines and by causing a new Green building property tax credit ...

In a week when The New York Times Sunday edition carried a front page story describing the “new trophy home” in America as being a Green building, equating a Michelin three star rating to a LEED Platinum rating, a frequently asked question is ‘what is ...

When the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly came to a close on April 7th, among the 747 bills enacted was relatively little Green or environmental legislation. Among the enactments was House Bill 377, an Administration bill increasing grant amounts under the existing Solar ...

The Internal Revenue Service last week released Notice 2008-40 which provides guidance on the process that allows a taxpayer who owns a commercial building and makes improvements "as part of the building's interior lighting systems; heating, cooling, ventilation, and hot water systems; or building envelope" ...

Baltimore County, Maryland, one of the first local governments in the nation to offer the incentive of a property tax credit for Green Building in early 2006, has expanded that tax credit to include renovation of existing buildings and core and shell construction. Green Building ...