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LEED Certification
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Best Practices Construction Law
Austin’s First LEED Platinum Home Featured at ABA Construction Forum Breakfast
I am in Austin, Texas this week attending the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry's annual meeting. One of the ways that I got more involved in the Forum was…
Green Building Law Update
Buiding Not LEED Anymore, Eh?
On Saturday, I was having a leisurely breakfast with my wife when I foolishly flipped on my blackberry, opened my email and stared at the following headline: Comox Rec Centre…
Green Building Law Update
JE Dunn Achieves LEED Gold Headquarters
As long time readers know, I am originally from Kansas. While green buildings have been common in DC for some time, the Midwest is just now starting to develop its…
Best Practices Construction Law
Vancouver Olympic Village Receives “Platinum LEED Medal” in Winter Olympics: Is the Price Worth It?
For the next couple of weeks, the only thing you will see on our living room television is the Winter Olympics. Luge...daring!. Freestyle moguls...awesome! Snowboard cross...cool! Figure skating...good time to surf…
Green Building Law Update
LEED Funding for Green School Causes Construction Delay
Last Thursday, during a webinar on green building legal issues, I stated the following: "I really believe schools will be a hotbed for green defect claims, in terms of energy…
Green Building Law Update
3 Reasons Why Your Green Building Regulation is a Problem
On Wednesday, I posited that codifying the LEED rating system, or any other third party green building rating system, is not a viable option for an entire state. Why? …
Ahead of Schedule
You Are a Project Owner or Developer Who Wants to Build a Green Project? So, What Do You Actually Put in Your Contracts?
Despite the explosion of articles, seminars and webinars on green building and development during the last year or so, there is a dearth of information in the development world regarding…
Green Building Law Update
Starbucks Announces LEED Initiative
[Ed. Note: written by Steve McBrady]Starbucks coffee has always been an integral part of what we do here at Green Building Law Update. Until now, it was primarily a means…
Best Practices Construction Law
Father of LEED Says: “Green Buildings Only Bright Spot in Construction Industry”
I am certainly not the first ... and certainly won't be the last ... person to write about Robert Watson's webinar presentation yesterday afternoon entitled, Building a Sustainable Future: Progress…
Green Building Law Update
The Future of LEED: Re-certification
I found a YouTube video of a green roof being set on fire that I planned to post today. You know another topic would have to be very important to…