Originally posted 2015-07-13 09:00:13. Recently, my friend and fellow construction attorney/consultant, Chris Cheatham (@chrischeatham) posted the news that USGBC will be more stringent on the de-certification front. This statement relates to the continued energy performance of LEED-certified buildings and increases the likelihood that energy performance (as opposed to mere reporting) could lead to de-certification. I […]
From Rosie The Riveter to Green Irene: A Plan For Bringing Women Into The Green Revolution
Originally posted 2011-03-04 10:00:01. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, I’m happy to re-welcome a good friend, Shari Shapiro, Esq., LEED AP. Shari blogs at www.greenbuildinglawblog.com where this post also appears. Ms. Shapiro is an associate with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP in the Environmental Department. She focuses her practice […]
Green Building and Jazz- What Could be Better?
As I announced via my Posterous page (where I posted the registration form), the folks at the Green Legal Matters Symposium asked me to speak. My good buddy Scott Wolfe (@scottwolfejr) of the Wolfe Law Group and the Construction Law Monitor will be my co-presenter. The luminaries speaking at the symposium include my fellow attorneys and friends Shari Shapiro (@sharishapiro) […]
Reflections on Green Matters
This past week I had the pleasure of speaking at Green Matters in New Orleans. The conference was great. The speakers, among them Tim Hughes (@timrhughes), Shari Shapiro (@sharishapiro), Chris Cheatham (@chrischeatham) and Doug Reiser (@douglasreiser) and my co-speakerScott Wolfe (@scottwolfejr), were excellent. From discussions of greening the legal office to how the GSA works […]
Off to New Orleans for Green Legal Matters
Back in March, I posted on this great conference. Now it’s here and early tomorrow morning I will be heading off to the great city of New Orleans to join friends and fellow construction and green building bloggers and attorneys (among them Tim Hughes (@timrhughes), Shari Shapiro (@sharishapiro), Chris Cheatham (@chrischeatham) and Doug Reiser (@douglasreiser)). […]