You may have recently read the New York Times article about the gap between LEED building designs and actual energy performance. If not, I would recommend reading the article. You may have also noticed a reference to "construction lawyers":
"Already, some construction lawyers have said that owners might face additional risk of lawsuits if buildings are [...]
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September 2nd, 2009 | Posted in CTG, Christopher Pyke, Energetics", LEED, Legal Developments, Malcolm Lewis,, New York Times, USGBC
Back on February 20, 2009, I said the following about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
While Republicans, Democrats and the President argued over the stimulus package for weeks, the real battle may arise when state agencies and officials attempt to divide up the stimulus funding and choose the projects that receive funding.
The real battle [...]
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June 15th, 2009 | Posted in City, Codes and Regulations, El Paso, Federal, Las Cruces, New York Times, Stimulus, department of energy
Green building liability issues are starting to hit the mainstream, as reflected in the New York Times’ Green Inc. blog last week.
Sadly, Green Building Law Update was not quoted or linked to. However, Green Inc. did cite to two instances of potential green building litigation that have previously been discussed on Green Building Law Update. [...]
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June 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Green Inc, Legal Developments, New York Times
Today, we run Part II of the Eric Corey Freed interview. I divided up the interview into two posts because the interview was long and Eric does a great job illuminating green building legal issues in Part II: "Architects would not be able to guarantee LEED certification because the architect is not the one providing [...]
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April 1st, 2009 | Posted in Codes and Regulations, Design, Eric Corey Freed, Federal, Joseph Romm, Legal Developments, New York Times