When I read about the AIGRMGreen Reputation Coverage, which covers bad press for green building projects, I immediately thought of allegations of greenwashing. From wikipedia:
Greenwash (a portmanteau of green and whitewash) is a term used to describe the practice of companies disingenuously spinning their products and policies as environmentally friendly, such as by presenting [...]
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I’m assuming most of you received the email announcement on Tuesday from the GBCI announcing that the new credentialling maintenance program that everyone is so excited about is launching next Monday, August 3rd. Basically this means that v3 LEED APs (and Green Associates) are on the clock for their 30 (or 15) hours of [...]
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How did we all miss this? While AIG may have had its problems recently, it certainly has created an innovative green building insurance product:
The company says the casualty coverage for property owners and managers of green buildings consists of two coverages, AIGRMGreen Reputation Coverage and AIGRMGreen Indoor Environment Coverage.
The reputation coverage provides up to $50,000 [...]
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Real Life LEED is back! Hope the withdrawal wasn’t too harsh. I’m looking forward to relieving some of what I’m calling ‘killer post constipation’ (AKA my post ideas backlog… sorry for the mental image), so be sure to come back soon!
A colleague of mine is working on a LEED project where an existing [...]
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If you are a contractor lucky enough to have won a stimulus project, one of the pesky requirements attached to the project is reporting the number of new jobs created by the project. Many builders and contractors have been wondering how exactly to do that. Finally, at long last, the White House has provided clarity:
”Just [...]
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I have previously speculated that stimulus green building projects will be at risk of underbidding. Now we have real evidence. Remember the $5.5 billion that the General Services Administration received from the stimulus to fund green building construction and retrofits?
"Bids came in far lower than we expected, but the upside is that because of [...]
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You may be relieved to learn that I am temporarily done discussing LEED de-certification. The USGBC will be releasing an addenda to the Minimum Project Requirements, at which time we will discuss this issue anew. Until then, lets move on…to another LEED legal discussion.
One green building legal development that I, and others, have been [...]
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A few weeks ago, Toronto announced a mandatory green roof requirement, which my fellow bloggers dutifully covered. When I read about the green roof mandate, I thought of another Canadian city with a similar program.
You remember the Vancouver Catch-22, right?
Many British Columbia jurisdictions, including Vancouver, began mandating green roofs. Simultaneously, the Homeowner Protection Office required [...]
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[Sometimes I get great emails from readers and we discuss a green building topic or blog post. Then I sit on the topic for a while, waiting for the right time to share with the Green Building Law Update readers. Now seems like the right time to share an email I received from a reader. [...]
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by Real Life LEED
I have not
posted
for weeks
now
and you
are probably
expecting
some help
Forgive me
the summer is
slow
and hot
LEED can
wait
go outside
unplug
via WCW
This probably sounds familiar to those loyal fans of This American Life… Much to come in the next few weeks, but I’m on a semi-official hiatus for the moment.Learn more at RealLifeLEED.com!
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