[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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June 26th, 2009 | Posted in Codes and Regulations, Federal, Henry Waxman, PACE, REEP, SEED, cap-and-trade
"Green" was the buzz word in 2008. In 2009, Green Building Law Update predicts that green buzz words will become more nuanced and the focus will be on "energy efficiency," "retrofits," and "existing buildings."
I don’t mind making this prediction because it is not much of a stretch. There are three factors that will contribute [...]
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January 9th, 2009 | Posted in Codes and Regulations, Energy Efficiency, Federal, Green Building Introduction, Obama, Retrofit, Stimulus, Trends, cap-and-trade