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Green Building Update -- May 8, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/10/2013

Green Building Focus - The ultimate green building eats smog - Bloomberg Businessweek - Apr 26: The Manuel Gea González Hospital in Mexico City has installed a decorative, white facade made from a sophisticated new...more

Green Building Update -- May 2, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/10/2013

Green Building Focus - Revolving loans would quadruple Prop 39 investments: UCLA Newsroom - Apr 18: Proposition 39, the California Clean Energy Jobs Act, passed in 2012. Prop 39 requires businesses operating in...more

Real Estate Tip – Renewable On-Site Power: Who Pays to Charge a Tenant’s Chevy Volt?

by Richard Smith | Bernstein Shur on 5/10/2013

In two previous LEED tips, Part 1 and Part 2, we explored how taking steps that result in LEED certification may yield little if any improvement in energy efficiency. Another efficiency-neutral LEED concern is clean on-site...more

Green Building Update -- April 12, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/15/2013

Green Building Focus: ..Biofuel waste -- a new green building solution - EarthTechling - Green Tech, Green Products & Energy News - Mar 26: Engineers are working on yet another way to deliver more energy...more

Green Building Update -- March 29, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 4/1/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - Father of LEED offers insight into rating system; AltBuild Expo coming to Santa Monica; Los Angeles to promote adoption of "cool roof" technology; PA bundles residential energy...more

Green Building Update -- March 19, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/21/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - White House nominees for EPA, DOE; AltBuild Expo coming to Santa Monica; Massachusetts data center is clean energy innovator; New green post-Sandy housing development in Queens;...more

Green Building Update -- March 14, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/18/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - 30 years of energy saving through CA's building codes; Demand for green building materials to reach $86B by 2017; Congressional panel on economic benefits of green building; Hines...more

District of Columbia Mayor Gray Announces Release of New Sustainable DC Plan to Implement Sustainability Initiative

by Amy L. Edwards | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/8/2013

The release of a new plan to implement the District of Columbia's "Sustainable DC" Initiative was announced by Mayor Vincent Gray on February 20, 3013. The Sustainable DC Plan builds on 15 months of planning and public...more

Green Building Update -- February 27, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - TPA targets federal government's use of LEED; NRC says military should use LEED despite political pressure; New green high school in Oregon; SFMOMA expansion to include green...more

Real Estate Tip: LEED Certification and Energy Efficiency Part 2

by Richard Smith | Bernstein Shur on 3/1/2013

In our last real estate tip, we reminded energy-conscious tenants that some rental spaces may have obtained LEED certification with few, if any, energy-efficiency points. If the owner built with energy efficiency in mind, ask...more

Smart Contracting For Green Design And Construction

by Joyce Hackenbrach | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/25/2013

Originally published in Green Building News, February 20, 2013. Successful green building requires more planning and, preferably, a greater degree of integration in overall project delivery, than building without green...more

Green Building Update -- February 21, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 2/22/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - GSA may abandon LEED certification; Green roof on California university dorm; CA nonresidential energy use disclosure rules take effect; Boston Properties acquires 535 Mission...more

Real Estate Tip – LEED Certification and Energy Efficiency Part 1

by Richard Smith | Bernstein Shur on 2/14/2013

A commercial tenant may expect lower than normal energy costs when considering a green building, but lower energy costs are not guaranteed. The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design’s new...more

Green Building Newsletter -- February 6, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 2/8/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - California adopts new building standards; Brookfield's LEED Gold Manhattan West development; What can we learn from D.C.'s green building law?; The EPA's Greening America's Capitals...more

Green Building Update -- January 17, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/18/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - LEED hotel brand undertakes $1B funding plan; Energy benchmarking - a $9 billion savings plan; Top honors for sustainable landscape design; World's greenest office building to open...more

Green Building Newsletter -- January 10, 2013

by Bryan C. Jackson, Andrew Ouvrier | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: Green Building Focus - Can white roofs increase global warming?; Some older buildings greener than LEED-certified properties; Microsoft moves to LEED Gold-certified 11 Times Square; Green building...more

The Old Defeats the New (Usefulness of LEED?) (News Note)

by Melissa Dewey Brumback on 1/10/2013

Last week, I mentioned the renewal of the tax credits for wind energy. Another report which came across my desk recently is one from SustainableBusiness.com, in which it is reported that some (although certainly not all) of...more

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