David A. Blake | Seyfarth Shaw Potential Damages Potential damages arising from the failure to achieve statutory or contractual requirements concerning Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or other green building standards are far ranging and may include: fines, loss of financing or tax incentives, loss of tenants, decreased building value, decreased worker productivity,… Continue reading Contract Drafting Tip: “LEED” Damages and the Waiver of Consequential Damages Clause
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Trending: The Well Building Standard: A Worker Focused Performance Based Rating System
Mark D. Eisemann | Lewis Rice LLC | September 24, 2018 Over the past 20 years, state and local governments, real estate developers, corporations and tenants have all, to varying degrees, jumped on the “green” building bandwagon. Much credit needs to be given to the U.S. Green Building Council and its LEED (Leadership in Energy… Continue reading Trending: The Well Building Standard: A Worker Focused Performance Based Rating System
Construction Company Survey Reveals Latest Findings on New Green Building and LEED Certification Trends
Elizabeth Holden – December 4, 2012 A new Market Barometer survey published by Turner Construction Company, the largest green builder in the United States, provides an updated look on sustainability practices in new building projects. The study, which included a survey of more than 700 executives from a wide variety of fields, showed a continued… Continue reading Construction Company Survey Reveals Latest Findings on New Green Building and LEED Certification Trends
USA Today and U.S.G.B.C. Spar Over Green Building
The newspaper USA Today has flipped Kermit the Frog’s colorful lamentation “It ain’t easy being green” and taken aim at the U.S. Green Building Council (“U.S.G.B.C.”) by asking the pointed question, “In U.S. building industry, is it too easy to be green?” [1] The USA Today article stated that more than 200 governing bodies in… Continue reading USA Today and U.S.G.B.C. Spar Over Green Building
Legal Issues Associated With Building “Green”
Charles H. Seaman and James M. Doerfler – July 16, 2012 State and local governments have enacted a variety of incentives to encourage energy efficient “green” design and construction practices. Projects owned or leased by government authorities are often subject to mandatory green requirements. Private development is often encouraged to go “green” through contractual or… Continue reading Legal Issues Associated With Building “Green”