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LEED Certification
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Virgin Islands Law Blog
Research & Technology Park Earns LEED Silver Certification
By Tom Bolt
As part of its ongoing mission to promote sustainability through environmental design and energy efficiency, the University of the Virgin Islands recently received confirmation of an initial success. The Research…
Green Building Law Update
Saint Paul has an Alternative to LEED
Many thought green building mandates would spread across the county. But today, with more than 89,000 local government across the U.S., there are less than 200 green building mandates that…
Ahead of Schedule
Beware of LEED Minimum Program Requirements
By Bart Reed
In my latest Daily Journal of Commerce Construction column, I discuss some the potential risks for project teams to consider when drafting construction agreements under the current version of the…
Green Building Law Update
Revocation of LEED Certification
The Certification Challenge Policy is in place to protect the integrity of the LEED certification program. A challenge seeking to revoke LEED certification may be initiated by GBCI or any…
Green Building Law Update
Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital
As investors seek socially responsible investment options, green building bonds present a game changing opportunity for financing green building. Green building, which arguably offers higher value collateral and reduced risk,…
Green Building Law Update
LEED v4 has a New and Improved Registration Contract
As a sustainability and green building attorney my personal favorite provision in the new LEED v4 Certification Agreement is the very first sentence that includes the warning, "YOU REPRESENT THAT…
Green Building Law Update
The Single Most Significant Change in LEED
There is a single change to LEED in v4 that is the most significant, bar none. The change is buried deep within the LEED Operations and Maintenance Existing Buildings program…
Green Building Law Update
LEED Reaches 3 Billion Certified Square Feet
The U.S. Green Building Council is about to announce there are now more than 3 Billion square feet of LEED certified commercial and institutional building. Platitudes aside, what does that…
Green Building Law Update
LEED Law Intersects Miracle on 34th Street
In a recent survey of local government green building laws across 100 jurisdictions, overwhelmingly the most often granted incentive for a LEED certified building was an abatement of real property…
Green Building Law Update
Defense Authorization Act Lifts Ban on LEED Gold and Platinum
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2014 in Honolulu last Thursday and while most observers noted that the bill cracks down on sexual assaults in the…