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LEED Certification
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Green Building Law Update
Should LEED Be More Stringent?
Reader's note: Two more posts on the LEED certification challenge. I recently read the book Greed to Green, by David Gottfried, which describes how the United States Green Building Council…
Green Building Law Update
A Green Building Law Gift For You!
We are going to momentarily pause our discussion of the LEED certification challenge because I have a gift for you today. A free webinar! Last week, my…
Green Building Law Update
Breaking: USGBC Stands By Its LEED Challenge Decision
Welcome to our first afternoon edition of Green Building Law Update. No one is quite sure whether the challengers to the Northland Pines High School LEED certification have grounds for…
Best Practices Construction Law
LEED Certification Challenge in Less Than 140 Characters
About a year ago, I wrote a post on the trending topic of LEED revocation or de-certification. That issue has not gone away ... it actually has been brought to the…
Best Practices Construction Law
What Are the Real Costs of LEED Certification? You May Be Surprised.
Most owner and developers would imagine that the most significant costs of LEED certification are the front-end registration and back-end submittal costs. Are they correct? Depends. Environmental Building News prepared a primer…
Green Building Law Update
Breaking LEEDigation: NASCAR Star Involved in Green Construction Dispute
I am going to take a temporary hiatus today to jump from the Wisconsin LEED challenge to discuss breaking LEEDigation news. LEEDigation is, of course, litigation involving LEED certification. …
Green Building Law Update
Every Single LEED Point Can Be Challenged
On Wednesday, I began a review of the Green Building Certification Institute's ("GBCI") LEED Certification Challenge policy. There are three reasons why the LEED Certification Challenge Policy creates significant risk for…
Green Building Law Update
Cranks, Gadflies and Rivals Can Challenge LEED Status
A few weeks ago, after a green building legal presentation, I remarked to a colleague that I was growing tired of discussing Shaw Development v. Southern Builders, the prime example…
Green Building Law Update
First Ever LEED Challenge Denied
Up in Wisconsin, a group of concerned citizens challenged the LEED certification of a high school under the Green Building Certification Institute's (GBCI) Certification Challenge Policy. The LEED challenge came…
Green Building Law Update
Did You Know You Can Challenge LEED Certification?
I am going to be honest with you, I have been sitting on some LEEDigation-related stories. I sat on these stories because I wanted to understand the implications before writing…