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Red Flag Against the Blue Dot on Green Schools
You know you’ve made it when you have haters, so if nothing else the recent series of articles by the USA Today (aka “the Blue Dot”) about LEED only reinforces that the sustainable building rating...
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Do Risks of “Green Guarantees” Hinder Sustainable Development?
This month’s Engineering News Record’s article “Green Guarantees Vex Firms With Added Risk” (password required unless you’re an ENR subscriber) posits that ”many contractors and designers are passing...
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Can LEED help zone defense?
A recent legal decision from Pennsylvania suggests that pursuing LEED certification could help overcome zoning challenges. Much has been written and discussed about how zoning rules sometimes have the...
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SID Vicious-ly Good Tool for Energy Efficiency in Ohio
Ohio law allows for the creation of special improvement districts (SIDs) for energy improvements, including some unique features that make the program a particularly effective tool for incentivizing...
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Judge OK’s demolition of world’s most expensive green building billboard
On Friday, August 23, a state court judge in Las Vegas approved the demolition of the Harmon Tower, a building that was to be the primary design point for the sprawling $8.5 billion CityCenter...
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Ohio’s Ghosts of Green Building Law Past, Present and Future
After introducing my young daughters to the movie Scrooged earlier this week, I’m inspired to close 2013 with visits from the ghosts of Ohio green building law past, present, and future. In the past...
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Angry, Rich, and Wrong: The Fight to Ban LEED in Ohio
The most cynical lawyers say that the best client is angry, rich, and wrong. While that sad truth sinks in, one can’t help but wonder if the Ohio senators who introduced Concurrent Resolution 25...
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Angry, Rich, and Wrong: The Fight to Ban LEED in Ohio (v2)
Today saw further Ohio Senate testimony on Concurrent Resolution 25, urging that LEED v4 be banned for public construction. Opponents of SCR 25 included Nadja Turek, an Air Force veteran and director...
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Big Guns Fire Against Ohio Anti-LEED Legislation
In this fourth installment of our series on Ohio Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 (“SCR25″), the anti-LEED legislation which passed the Senate and now stands pending in Ohio’s House of Representatives,...
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Bob Evans: Down with LEED down on the farm
Anybody who appreciates savory sausage gravy and biscuits knows that Bob Evans is down on the farm. But not as many know that Bob Evans is down with LEED. A key component of Bob Evans Farms, Inc.’s...
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