Tag: LEED

Business of Construction Construction Green Building Guest Post Friday

The Future of Building Codes & “Green” Building Programs

For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we would like to welcome back Sean Lintow Sr. (@The_HTRC) of SLS Construction & Building Solutions. Sean has over 20 years in the construction and project management fields and is now solely specializing in helping other builders & trade professionals to improve their building […]

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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), […]

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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 […]

Business of Construction Green Building Guest Post Friday

Benefits of LEED Compliance for Universities

For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome Elaine Hirsch.  Elaine describes herself as a kind of a jack-of-all-interests, from education and history to medicine and videogames. This makes it difficult to choose just one life path, so she is currently working as a writer for various education-related sites and […]

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LEED AP Update- Worth It For a Lawyer?

LEED 3.0 is here and with it the new CMP requirements for a specialty designation.  As I think about this new world of specialty designation outlined by the USGBC, I am torn regarding an attorney’s need to update the designation. I learned a lot while studying for the LEED AP exam, and received my designation […]

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