National Institute of Building Sciences Identifies Risk & Policy Problems...
In September of 2008, the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences (“NIBS”) assembled a Task Group of design professionals, builders, and its own staff members to review...
View ArticleAtlanta Restauranteurs Resisting Push for Green Building Legislation
Recent efforts by Atlanta’s restaurant industry to resist proposed green building legislation implicate the conclusions of NIBS’ report about state- and local-level green building policy which we noted...
View Article“The Green Tragedy: LEED’s Lost Decade” Now in Print
I’m glad to be back after a great wedding and honeymoon- thanks to everyone who passed along their regards. Back in August, you may recall that Community Solutions executive director Pat Murphy...
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Top 5 Legal Issues in Green Real Estate: 2009
As we move into the first full week of 2010, the Northland Pines decertification proceeding is casting a long shadow over the short-term green building legal landscape- but more on that in a bit....
View ArticleThe Antitrust Implications of Green Building Legislation (Abstract)
California’s recent adoption of a state-wide green building code once again has green building legal practitioners focused on the legal issues surrounding green building legislation. Although the...
View ArticleDeveloper Continues Fight For Net Metering at 360 State Street in New Haven
We talk frequently here at GRELJ about the disconnect between green building policy and the practical aspects of improving building performance. An interesting wrinkle on this intersection is currently...
View ArticleNew Jersey Building Materials Dealers Association Opposing LEED for Schools...
In a recent op-ed piece, Keith Coleman, President of Hamilton Building Supply in Hamilton, New Jersey, and Vice President of the New Jersey Building Materials Dealers Association, argues that the...
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Study: Lack of FSC-Certified Wood Products Creating Green Construction...
Earlier this year, Pat Penfield of Syracuse’s Whitman School of Management and Rene Germain at SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry published a study titled “The Potential Certified...
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“Shadow Government?” Boston Architect Questions Propriety of LEED-Driven...
An important article about the roles of USGBC, LEED, and the LEED accredited professional appears in the most recent issue of ArchitectureBoston, a quarterly publication of the Boston Society of...
View ArticleBad Breath(e): New Study Reflects Urgent Need to Green NYC’s Black Smoke
If you’ve been on the street in New York City — and it’s doubtful you’re able to avoid that, unless you use FreshDirect more than I do — then you’ve seen the black smoke belching, all Dickensian and...
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