The vanguard of commercial real estate today is the Greening existing buildings to decrease energy use, reduce operating expenses and attract tenants. The purpose of this writing is to provide a step by step strategy for pursuing the Greening of an existing building. LEED EB ...

You may not know what the letters in the acronym LEED CI stand for, but with Green building having long passed being simply a trend and now having risen to cultural value, you need to understand how leased commercial interiors are increasingly being built-out Green. ...

Ronald Reagan was famously quoted for reporting the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Current green building and redevelopment government mandates and incentives postdate the 1980s era 40th U.S. President, but most are ...

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 ...