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LEED Certification
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Green Building Law Update
How Do You Measure the Costs and Risks of Each LEED Point?
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I wanted to provide information about another FREE upcoming webinar at which I'll be presenting. I am particularly excited about this webinar because my…
Green Building Law Update
Reading the Green Building Tea Leaves
I am trying to make sense out of a number of different events that will be shaping the design, construction and green building industries for the foreseeable future. Maybe you…
Green Building Law Update
Will the Gifford v. USGBC Class Action Lawsuit Be Certified?
I knew there was a reason I saved my law school text books. When I first heard of the class action lawsuit filed by Henry Gifford against the USGBC,…
Green Building Law Update
Breaking: USGBC Moves Quickly To Revise Challenge Policy
The law moves at glacial speeds. The USGBC does not. On June 21, 2010, I wrote a blog post titled "Green Building Challenge Policy Requires Fixes." My post detailed problems…
Green Building Law Update
Does Collaborative Design Minimize LEEDigation Risk?
Today, I am publishing a guest post from engineer Ian T. Hadden. I asked Ian to write a guest post after he made the comment "there is something built into…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : August 25, 2010
Well, we're halfway through the week as the LexBlog Network hits a respectable 125 posts. Chris Cheatham asks if a Salem, OR building could face 'LEEDigation' while David Oxenford comments…
Green Building Law Update
LEED Building Vacated Due to Structural Issues
Construction defects often take a long time to develop. Take, for example, the Courthouse Square building in Salem, Oregon, which is used for county offices and retail stores. It was…
Green Building Law Update
What is the LEEDigation Tipping Point?
I was recently asked to write an article about LEEDigation - green building litigation - for an online construction magazine. As I thought about the topic, I thought about the…
Green Building Law Update
What Are the Reasons for Lack of LEEDigation?
I continue to be amazed by the lack of litigation stemming from the LEED certification process - i.e. LEEDigation. There are only two instances of pure LEEDigation - Shaw Development…
Green Building Law Update
Green Building Challenge Policy Requires Fixes
Reader's note: This is my last post on the LEED certification challenge. Thanks for staying with me. I thought I would end my discussion of the Northland Pines High School…