During the 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly, legislators introduced 2,580 bills and by midnight on sine die, April 19, the legislature had passed more than 700 of those bills. This was not a very green year. Only a very modest number of those ...

The release yesterday by the American Institute of Architects of six new contract documents address the unique roles, risks, and opportunities encountered in Green building and create an urgency in considering how best to mitigate risk in Green building. Risk mitigation is of import to ...

During the 2011 session of the Maryland General Assembly, legislators introduced 2,353 bills and by midnight on sine die, April 11, the legislature had passed 707 of those bills. This was not a very green year. Only a very modest number of those bills advance ...

Yesterday, the U.S. District of Maryland dismissed a more than $6 Million lawsuit filed over materials supplied for the first ever LEED certified Platinum building. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Smithgroup its architect, and Clark Construction its construction company together asserted breach of contract and negligence ...

The U.S. Green Building Council has released LEED 2012®, the next version of its green building rating system, for a third public comment period that will close on March 20. While a fourth and final public comment period in late Spring is possible, and some ...

I received a number of requests for copies of my presentation of earlier this week that was timed to coincide with the release of the new International Green Construction Code 2012 and in response I decided to publish my prepared remarks. Tomorrow the International Code ...

Building owners and tenants who make expenditures to cause new or renovated commercial buildings to be more energy efficient continue to be eligible for a significant Federal tax deduction, an immediate one time depreciation deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot. A new tool ...

On December 31, 2011, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for the 2012 fiscal year,H.R. 1540. Congress passes a similar act each year to monitor the budget for the Department of Defense. While many Americans may have been aware that in ...