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Recent Environmental Law Articles
Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But ..
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:52-05:00Sunday, November 4th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Despite that a frog told us all in a song lyric, “it’s not easy bein’ green,” it is easy to buy a green building, but .. And there are many good reasons for purchasing a green building that is LEED Certified. LEED gave us the ...
RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:51-05:00Sunday, October 21st, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
RELi 2.0, a comprehensive rating system that provides strategies and tools for resilient building and design, is expected to be launched on Monday, November 12th. The launch of RELi 2.0 is significant because it is widely suggested, just as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is ...
With Over $3.6 Trillion in Value You Should Pay Attention to GRESB
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:50-05:00Sunday, September 30th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
For the uninitiated GRESB assesses the sustainability performance of real estate and infrastructure portfolios worldwide. GRESB is the global environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark for real estate assets. GRESB’s stated “mission is to enhance and protect shareholder value by assessing and empowering sustainability practices ...
Net Zero Certification Program Announced by USGBC
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:48-05:00Sunday, September 23rd, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Much as NASA developed dozens of life changing and useful inventions that benefitted all as it raced to the moon, USGBC may be the catalyst for new, cutting edge technologies in the race to net zero buildings. There is no doubt that the newly announced ...
ESG, including Advantaged by Green Building, Requires Risk Oversight
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:47-05:00Sunday, September 9th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Investments by individuals and institutions driven by environmental, social and governance matters continue to remain front and center in the minds of boards of directors, government regulators and the media. Of course, there is no single or even widely accepted definition of ESG and some ...
Modern Slavery Exists and We Must Stop It Now
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:46-05:00Sunday, September 2nd, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
There is a lot of green building going on at BREEAM USA from a pilot program for BREEAM In-Use with multifamily properties to the certification of the first BREEAM USA In-Use office tower, but what is no doubt most impactful is the BRE Ethical Labour Sourcing ...
Green Globes New Multifamily Rating Systems Respond to the Market
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:45-05:00Sunday, August 26th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
On July 11 the Green Building Initiative launched the Green Globes Multifamily for New Construction and Green Globes Multifamily for Existing Buildings. While certainly there is a market in developers of newly constructed multifamily buildings, spending on multifamily construction was more than $61 Billion in ...
Mission Critical at the Department of Defense now includes Climate
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:45-05:00Sunday, August 19th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
On August 13 the President signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The $716 billion H.R. 5515, authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for procurement of everything from aircraft, missiles, ammunition, shipbuilding and space defense to military installation ...