Time is running out. No, that isn’t another car sell or a joke to keep GM in business but if you want to have your hand out to receive the $10,000 tax credit for purchasing a hopefully green new construction property (or even a condo in a dirty building) then you better do so soon.
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ICFs (Insulating Concrete Forms) are permanent, stay-in-place forms for making insulated poured-concrete walls, floors, and roof decks.
Most of them are made with expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam produced with a non-ozone-depleting blowing agent (u…
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I wanted to take a moment and thank all of the Green Building Law Update readers. You all have been blowing my minds the last few weeks. There has been a surge in comments and discussions that take place after my original post. Many times, these comments and discussions are much more important than the […]
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As I mentioned in my June 24 post, starting June 26, the USGBC eliminated public CIRs in order to improve the functionality of the LEED rating system. The USGBC’s Peter Templeton provided the following explanation for eliminating the public CIRs:
Under the new LEED certification model, standards development and project certification responsibilities are divided between […]
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The EcoDorm at Warren Wilson College houses 36 students who are interested in environmental responsibility and want to live with like-minded students. The co-ed dormitory is one of a series of four dorms surrounding a common lawn.
Warren Wilso…
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The Lacks Cancer Center, the only dedicated comprehensive cancer center in western Michigan, supports all components of cancer care, including inpatient and outpatient care and traditional and complementary therapies.
The building houses 42 pr…
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The University of Denver’s College of Law houses one of the nation’s top environmental and natural resource law programs. The first LEED-certified law school in the nation, the facility offered the College an opportunity to design a building cons…
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You have to have a short memory to write for a blog. There is no point getting attached to a blog post because it will soon be relegated to the archives. With that said, sometimes I am reminded of a blog post that deserves revisiting.
After reflecting on the Waxman-Markey bill over the weekend, I […]
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[Today’s post is a collaborative effort with Shari Shapiro highlighting green building provisions in the Waxman-Markey bill. You didn’t think I was going to read through a thousand page bill all by myself, did you? I have also made the article available as a white paper for download since it is a bit long.] […]
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Starbucks plans to aim for certification of all its new stores starting next year.
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