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Recent LEED Zero Articles
National Definition for a Zero Emissions Building
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-01-27T19:31:58-05:00Saturday, January 27th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Ali Zaidi, Energy Star NextGen, Kaplow, LEED Zero, net zero, scope 1 greenhouse gas, Stuart Kaplow, zero emission, zero emissions building|
You can provide feedback on the draft national definition for a Zero Emissions Building. The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, through the U.S. Department of Energy, is seeking “to create a standardized, verifiable basis for defining a zero emissions building.” A broadly accepted common ...
Net Zero Risks as a Source of Opportunity
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-22T18:59:27-04:00Saturday, October 22nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, greenwashing, Kaplow, LEED Zero, net zero, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
Calculating net zero is ill defined, unregulated and complex. Businesses making a net zero pledge like, “we will be net zero by 2030” risk a charge that they are greenwashing and misleading consumers. It is one thing when government leaders make an ESG claim: In ...