I have received a number of requests for copies of my Greenbuild Legal Forum presentation and in response I decided to publish my prepared remarks. It has been suggested that green building law is too important to leave to lawyers and with that in mind, ...

The second public comment period on LEED® 2012, the next version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s rating systems, is open through September 14th. LEED is so widely accepted in our lexicon it is hard to believe LEED celebrated only its 11th anniversary earlier this ...

Commercial building owners and tenants who make expenditures to cause their new or renovated buildings to be more energy efficient can qualify for a significant Federal tax deduction. For buildings that qualify, an immediate one time depreciation deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot ...

The Maryland legislature has approved the International Green Construction Code™ making Maryland the first state in the country to authorize use of the IgCC for private and public construction. House Bill 972 sponsored by Delegate Dana Stein garnering wide support, from the real estate industry ...

Much has been written, retrospectively, about the year that was 2010. This is different. This is a green building forecast identifying 5 actionable insights in real estate for 2011. The goal is a quickly readable assessment of, and projected outlook for green building trending with ...

The Federal Trade Commission closed the public comment period on December 10, 2010 for proposed revisions to the Green Guides that it give businesses guidance on avoiding false or misleading environmental or “green” marketing claims. The changes to the Green Guides include new guidance on ...

A decade after the initial launch of LEED®, on November 8, 2010, the U.S. Green Building Council released the next version of the rating systems. The still unnamed version, being referred to as LEED 2012 (a takeoff on the last version, LEED 2009), but more ...

The LEED® for Retail rating systems will launch, at long last, on November 17th. LEED for Retail is two new rating systems, LEED 2009 for Retail: Commercial Interiors and LEED 2009 for Retail: New Construction. Today and prior to the launch, retail projects are registered ...