Topic
Energy Efficiency
276 published works
Keeping It Real Estate
Minimum energy efficiency standards: Will minimal enforcement mean minimal impact?
By Simon Keen, Jane Dockeray, Ingrid Stables
You may recall that earlier this year the government published its response to the consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards for domestic and commercial buildings, a day after laying draft…
Green Building Law Update
Utility Incentives Tied to LEED are Growing Geometrically
Last week Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company announced rebates from $2,000 to $10,000 tied to achieving certain LEED credits. Electric utility based incentives that support energy…
Environment, Land & Resources
Legislative Update: California Passes Groundbreaking Legislation Increasing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Mandates, But Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures Fail
By Marc T. Campopiano, Joshua T. Bledsoe, Douglas Porter, Danny Aleshire, Jennifer Roy and Andrew Yancey The end of the California State Legislature’s regular session for the year culminated in a…
Green Building Law Update
What one change would you make to LEED to encourage green building?
In recent days, I asked the question, “what one change would you make to LEED to encourage green building?” to four score and seven people familiar with green building. This…
Real Estate Legal Update
ESOS Regulations: Are you ready to report?
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014 (“ESOS”) came into force across the UK last July. The purpose of ESOS is to require large businesses to identify energy efficiency savings…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
The Energy Efficiency Divide: Hidden Costs of Poverty
In public housing, energy costs amount to about 40% more per square foot than in private or market rate housing. While differences in occupant behavior may account for some of…
Land Use Prof Blog
CivicSpark, a Governor’s Initiative Americorps program, seeks applicants to assist California’s local governments with sustainability measures
I'm posting this primarily because I thought it was an interesting approach to capacity building on sustainability for local governments. Could also be a good thing to do between college…
Green Building Law Update
HUD Adopts 2009 IECC (Not the 2012 or 2015 version) and Why You Care
For all intents and purposes federally assisted housing must now be green. And while such is generally viewed as positive and as advancing green building (.. the big winner may…
Real Estate Legal Update
Now the EPC Really Matters
We posted in 2013 on the Regulations that will make it unlawful from 01 April 2018 to let properties with an F or a G EPC rating. These are now…
Green Building Law Update
Congress Creates Tenant Star But Does Little Else
In a continued period of falling energy prices, for oil and natural gas as well as renewables, and in an era when energy use in the U.S. has not increased…