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Recent Environmental Law Articles

27Jul, 2015

The First Green Building Litigation. The Rest of the Story.

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:32-05:00Monday, July 27th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

It was widely reported that the first green building litigation in the country was the 2007 trial court case of Southern Builders, Inc. v. Shaw Development, LLC, in the Circuit Court of Maryland for Somerset County, case no. 19-C-07-011405. In the spirit of Paul Harvey’s ...

20Jul, 2015

LEED Bird Collision Deterrence to be Required in Highland Park

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:33-05:00Monday, July 20th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

his article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update blog. ...

10Jul, 2015

IgCC will now be Powered by ASHRAE 189.1

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:31-05:00Friday, July 10th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

This article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update blog. ...

27Jun, 2015

In the Name of Clean Water Millions of Acres are Proposed for Federal Control

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:33-05:00Saturday, June 27th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

27Jun, 2015

Government Ownership of Rain is Antithetical to Increased Potable Water

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:29-05:00Saturday, June 27th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

Against a backdrop of California experiencing the worst drought in its history and the U.S. Supreme Court having before it an interstate water dispute, where Florida seeks an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers over the claims of upstream Georgia, ...

10Jun, 2015

HUD Adopts 2009 IECC (Not the 2012 or 2015 version) and Why You Care

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:39-05:00Wednesday, June 10th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

10Jun, 2015

What LEED Credit is Almost Never Achieved?

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:38-05:00Wednesday, June 10th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

One of the key features of the LEED rating systems is that, after satisfying minimum program requirements and prerequisites, project teams may select from the available compilation of LEED credits. Those options are key not only because there is no one homogenous building type but ...

27May, 2015

GBCI Changed its Name and You Need to Change Your Documents

By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:42-05:00Wednesday, May 27th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|

GBCI, formerly known as the Green Building Certification Institute, has changed its name to Green Business Certification Inc. It will continue to be referred by the acronym GBCI. GBCI administers project certifications and professional credentials within the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating ...

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