For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Construction Law Musings welcomes Steve Szoke, P.E., LEED AP. Steve is Director of Codes and Standards for the Portland Cement Association in Skokie, Illinois. He graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University, in his native state of Pennsylvania. He is a register professional […]
Virginia Business on Green Building
This month’s Virginia Business Magazine is a great issue on green jobs in Virginia. The whole issue is very worth reading. I was fortunate enough to be interviewed in connection with the piece entitled “LEEDing the Way?” The topic of discussion in this article is the incentive provided by the market and state and local […]
Energy Reporting and the Broken Window Problem
Much discussion has centered around the de-certification aspect of the energy reporting requirements of the new LEED guidelines. However, as I have been reading and commenting on the proposed energy reporting requirements found in the latest LEED certification guidelines, and looking at the issue through the eyes of Eeyore (my favorite A. A. Milne character), […]
LEED, Lance Armstrong, & You?
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we would like to welcome back (again) Sean Lintow Sr. (@SLSConstruction) of AlaGBS / SLS Construction. Sean has over 20 years in the construction and project management fields and is a proud member of NARI, NADRA, USGBC, and NAHB. While he still specializes in […]
Why Build Green in Virginia? It Just Makes Sense.
Image via Wikipedia Lately terms such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and Green Building have been thrown about in the press, by politicians, and by local zoning and building officials in Virginia. Nationally, the Obama administration has shown support for green building. Locally, the Richmond City Counsel recently passed Resolution 2008 R […]