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Recent building energy performance standard Articles

4May, 2024

Colorado Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) Laws Challenged

By |Saturday, May 4th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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 ...

30Mar, 2024

Settlement Portends Broad Failure in Attempts to Ban Natural Gas

By |Saturday, March 30th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 ...

3Feb, 2024

France is an Example of How Not to do Residential Greenhouse Gas Reduction

By |Saturday, February 3rd, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

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 ...

30Jan, 2024

BEPS on Hold in Maryland

By |Tuesday, January 30th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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 ...

6Jan, 2024

Federal Appeals Court Delivers Coup De Grace in Berkeley Attempt to Ban Natural Gas

By |Saturday, January 6th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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 ...

9Dec, 2023

Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards Effective January 1

By |Saturday, December 9th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , |

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 ...

21Oct, 2023

Advantages of Adopting the Model State Indoor Air Quality Act: Prioritizing Human Health Amid Energy Concerns

By |Saturday, October 21st, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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, ...

14Oct, 2023

Tenants Monetizing their Greenhouse Gas Emission Data

By |Saturday, October 14th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: , , , , , , |

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, ...

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