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International Green Construction Code (IgCC) Now Mandatory in Baltimore
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:59-05:00Saturday, December 27th, 2014|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. ...
New Reporting Rules for Contamination in Maryland
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:57-05:00Saturday, December 27th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
Today was the final opportunity for public comment on a regulation published by the Maryland Department of the Environment making mandatory the reporting to the State of locations of potential hazardous substances, including those routinely identified in the due diligence associated with real estate transactions. ...
ICC 700 Authorized by National Defense Authorization Act for 2015
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:36-05:00Saturday, December 27th, 2014|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. ...
179D Tax Deduction Brought Back to Life in the Tax Extenders Bill
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:54-05:00Wednesday, December 10th, 2014|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. ...
Mid Term Election Results Superb For Green Building
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:01-05:00Thursday, November 27th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
Election Day 2014 in which Republicans made big gains in Congress and statehouses across the country portends huge business opportunities for green building. As more conservative legislative bodies look to enact environmental and energy policies while driving up growth without enacting new mandates or imposing ...
2015 IgCC Has Been Approved
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:58-05:00Monday, November 10th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
On November 14, the International Code Council announced that the 2015 version of the International Green Construction Code had been approved. News of the approval has not circulated widely, likely in part because the announcement was a bit cryptic when the ICC press release reported ...
LEED v4 Delayed, Again
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:00-05:00Friday, October 10th, 2014|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. ...
Litigation Over First Ever LEED Platinum Building Requires Contract Changes
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:04-05:00Sunday, August 10th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week, a federal appeals court brought back from the dead, a more than $6 Million lawsuit filed over materials supplied for the first ever LEED certified Platinum building. Despite that the unpublished opinion is not binding precedent, it is having a chilling effect on ...




