Despite the hue and cry over increased liability and the legal risk of Green building and sustainable development, there is not a single reported appellate court decision anywhere in the United States arising out of Green building. That void must be considered against the backdrop ...

Landlords and tenants must both now consider incorporating language in all new leases and renewals, even for existing buildings that are not Green, to include verbiage addressing issues of Green building. While a compelling issue for all existing buildings, addressing matters of Green building in ...

June 26, 2009, is the last day Green buildings will be able to register using the existing version of LEED. LEED is the now well known acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the U.S. Green Building Council’s green building certification system. Building owners, ...

During the 90 day Maryland General Assembly session that closed on April 13, 2009, the legislature considered over 2,600 bills. Of that number, 799 bills were successful. However, very little environmental legislation was introduced and only a few bills advancing a green building or sustainable ...

The Board of Commissioners of Carroll County, Maryland unanimously voted to create a credit against real property taxes for sustainable building. Ordinance 09-03 authorizing the property tax credit is effective May 5, 2009. Of note, the process began more than a year ago, when the ...

The federal government is opening the money spigots with billions of dollars in environmental and energy stimulus. The goal of this article is, modestly, to assist you by providing a guide to follow the money and in finding opportunities in the resultant Green building revolution. ...

Tenants are increasingly building-out their leased premises with Green improvements even where the core and shell of the building is not employing Green strategies. In point of fact, the LEED for Commercial Interiors standard (LEED CI) expressly provides for such a situation by permitting commercial ...

Most would agree that a compelling case exists, at least anecdotally, for Green buildings as a positive influence on office worker productivity. And a 2007 study of productivity in a refurbished office building at 500 Collins Street in Melbourne, widely discussed in legal circles but ...