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Recent building energy performance standard Articles
Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Laws Challenged
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-05-04T19:38:31-04:00Saturday, May 4th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, Energize Denver Ordinance, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Regulation 28, Stuart Kaplow|
Two Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) laws were challenged last week in a much anticipated lawsuit commenced in the United States District Court for Colorado. The lawsuit mirrors a successful ‘substantially similar’ federal court ruling last year that voided a natural gas ban in ...
Settlement Portends Broad Failure in Attempts to Ban Natural Gas
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-31T16:14:24-04:00Saturday, March 30th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, building energy performance standard, California Restaurant Association, City of Berkeley, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, EPCA, Kaplow, natural gas, preemption, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
The City of Berkeley is going to repeal its regulation that prohibits the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings. Last week the California Restaurant Association announced that the group and the City of Berkeley entered into a settlement agreement immediately halting enforcement ...
France is an Example of How Not to do Residential Greenhouse Gas Reduction
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-02-07T21:51:13-05:00Saturday, February 3rd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
The country that is home to some of the most iconic buildings erected by humankind, from the Eiffel Tower to the Notre Dame Cathedral and the Palace of Versailles is failing its current inhabitants and decimating residential real estate with deeply flawed greenhouse gas emissions ...
BEPS on Hold in Maryland
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-02-11T20:43:30-05:00Tuesday, January 30th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, energy use intensity, EUI, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
On Monday, January 29, 2024, the Maryland legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) put a “hold” on the proposed regulations to create the Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) as required by the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. A stated ...
Federal Appeals Court Delivers Coup De Grace in Berkeley Attempt to Ban Natural Gas
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-03-26T18:11:34-04:00Saturday, January 6th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ban natural gas, BEPS, building energy performance standard, City of Berkeley, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, Court Saves Gas Stoves from the Government, EPCA, preemption|
After this article was posted, on March 22, 2024, the California Restaurant Association announced that the group and the City of Berkeley entered into a settlement agreement halting enforcement of the City’s ban on natural gas piping as the City Council takes steps to repeal ...
Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards Effective January 1
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-01-30T17:03:41-05:00Saturday, December 9th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, direct GHG emissions, GHG, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
On January 29, 2024, after this article was posted, the Maryland legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review (AELR) put a “hold” on the proposed regulations to create the Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) as required by the Climate Solutions Now Act ...
Advantages of Adopting the Model State Indoor Air Quality Act: Prioritizing Human Health Amid Energy Concerns
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-10-22T19:12:24-04:00Saturday, October 21st, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, clean air, global warming, IAQ, indoor air quality, Kaplow, LEED, Model State Indoor Air Quality Act, Stuart Kaplow|
The quality of the air we breathe is fundamental to our well being if not life itself. With Americans spending nearly 90% of their lives indoors, the importance of healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) cannot be overstated. In response to the growing concerns about IAQ, ...
Tenants Monetizing their Greenhouse Gas Emission Data
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-10-15T17:05:27-04:00Saturday, October 14th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, building energy performance standard, direct GHG emissions, GHG, GHG emission data, greenhouse gas, SB 528|
In response to new building energy performance standards and other laws requiring reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, tenants are beginning to monetize their GHG emission data, including their utility data. In recent days we have seen a drugstore chain, a general merchandise retailer, ...