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Local Laws Stop the Setting Sun on Solar Installations
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:32-05:00Sunday, April 8th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Two bills pending in the Montgomery County Council aim to increase the use of renewable energy in the suburban Maryland County. At a time when the number of households installing solar panels on their roofs declined last year, the first annual decline since 2000, and ...
LEED v4.1 Building Operations and Maintenance is Live
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:31-05:00Monday, March 26th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
LEED version 4.1 is now a reality with the release for use today, March 26, of LEED v4.1 O+M - Building Operations and Maintenance. “We are excited to introduce LEED v4.1 in beta, the latest update to the LEED rating system,” said Melissa Baker, senior ...
Renewable Energy Claim is Deceptive
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:30-05:00Sunday, March 4th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
This past week and there have been many other times this law firm was consulted about a marketing claim by a building owner with rooftop solar panels that advertises they “use” renewable energy, but the owner sells Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for the renewable energy ...
Back to the Future with “Navigable Waters of the United States”
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:28-05:00Sunday, February 4th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army finalized a rule adding an applicability date to the 2015 Rule (that never went into effect) defining “waters of the United States.” But, the 2015 Rule will now not be applicable until two years ...
Criminal Conviction in Trade Secret Theft of the Wind
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:28-05:00Sunday, January 28th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
While many people focused on the tariffs of 30% imposed by the United States on imported solar photovoltaic cells and modules last week, most missed the larger renewable energy news story that after an 11 day trial, last Wednesday a federal jury in Wisconsin convicted ...
Saint Paul Green With Envy
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:27-05:00Sunday, January 21st, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
When the Saint Paul City Council votes this Wednesday on Ordinance 17-60 it should amend the legislation to not delete, from the existing law, Green Globes as one of the approved green building standards. The work product of an advisory committee of experts, Ord 17-60 ...
GBI Acquires Green Globes Expanding Sustainability
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:26-05:00Sunday, January 14th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week Green Building Initiative announced that it had completed the bold and innovative acquisition of Green Globes from JLL and I had an opportunity to speak with Vicki Worden, President and CEO of GBI and Bob Best, Executive Vice President of JLL. In 2008, ...
2018 will be a Year for New Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:25-05:00Sunday, January 7th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. There has been no other single calendar year that has seen the breadth of substantive change that is before us. In 2018 there will be new versions of ...