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Resilience is the Future of Real Estate and USGBC Spells it RELi
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:59-05:00Monday, March 18th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last Friday, Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in the country opened, but what the $25 Billion project may become best known for is that is designed for resilience from its giant “submarine doors” underground that can be closed to keep out storm ...
On the 25th Anniversary of Lead Based Paint Disclosures
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:58-05:00Sunday, March 10th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
Use of lead is not new. Lead was one of the first metals discovered by man and was in use before 3000 BC. Beginning in 753 BC, the ancient Romans used lead for making water pipes and kitchen cookware. Today many believe lead poisoning was ...
LEED Prerequisite Now Prohibits Smoking Cannabis
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:57-05:00Sunday, February 3rd, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
The U.S. Green Building Council issued a LEED Interpretation in 2018 ruling, “smoking of cannabis is considered a form of smoking for the purposes of both the interior and exterior smoking provisions of the LEED Prerequisite Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control.” The LEED prerequisite prohibits smoking ...
St. Petersburg is Bold in Mandating Envision
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:55-05:00Sunday, January 27th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
The City of St. Petersburg, Florida passed a progressive ordinance last week mandating that City infrastructure projects and newly constructed and renovated City building be third party certified as green. The new Ordinance 359-H, passed by the St. Petersburg City Council on January 17, 2019 ...
The State Not County has Authority to Regulate Solar Farms
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:54-05:00Sunday, December 9th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
At a time when solar panels are de riguere a recent decision by a Maryland appellate court limiting the authority of local governments to regulate the location and specifics of construction of a solar farm has broad implications far beyond this case. Perennial Solar, LLC ...
Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:54-05:00Sunday, December 2nd, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Buried in the omnibus spending bill signed earlier this year were amendments to the Superfund law that for the first time make clear that tenants can qualify as bona fide prospective purchasers, protected from cleanup costs from the presence of hazardous substances on a property. ...
2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:53-05:00Sunday, November 25th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 by the U.S. Green Building Council, International Code Council, ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society. Make no mistake, the 203 page document unveiled by the coterie of trade group authors and available from ...
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 ...











