What Is Builder’s Risk Insurance and Should I Purchase It For My Green Construction Project? by Stephen Del Percio, GreenRealEstateLaw.com May 13, 2010 One area of the property insurance market which has seen an increase in green building policy endorsements over the past year is the builder’s risk market. This article will take a look [...]
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Report: What Is Builder’s Risk Insurance and Should I Purchase It For My Green Construction Project?It’s Easy Being Green: The Pentagon Goes Green One Wedge at a Time by Center for American Progress March 11, 2010 This year, the Pentagon’s Quadrennial Defense Review-a strategy document that lays out the Pentagon’s vision for its missions and force structure every four years-identified climate change as both a potential source of conflict and [...] Commercial Real Estate Recession To Keep Going Square Feet Commercial Real Estate Blog September 15, 2009 PriceWaterHouseCoopers released its Korpacz survey today. The investors surveyed for the report anticipate that the commercial real estate sector is expected to remain in recession until 2012. Part of the reason is an expectation that office space demand will [...] $1B Green Project Planned for Istanbul by Preston Koerner, JetsonGreen.com August 12, 2009 Just yesterday, architecture firm RMJM announced plans for a $1 billion, landmark green project for the Atasehir district of Istanbul, Turkey. The Varyap Meridian development is slated for a new residential and business district — and just might transform into a new [...] GSA Awards Over $1 Billion in Green Stimulus Projects August 12, 2009 by Chris Cheatham, Green Building Law Update If you are looking for green building projects resulting directly from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, then the General Services Administration is the agency for you. The GSA received $5.5 billion to support its High [...] Grab the ‘green’ real-estate boom Real-estate moguls know there’s good money in environment-friendly buildings. Here’s how the little guy can play, too. By Walecia Konrad, Fast Company If the workplace is any indication, you could almost believe corporate America really cares about the environment. Goldman Sachs (GS, news, msgs), Hearst, IBM Corp. (IBM, news, msgs), [...] The Concept of LEED De-certification Written by Preston Koerner, Jetson Green July 13, 2009 LEED Version 3 has some new aspects, and the green building community is trying to understand the ins and outs. One aspect has been talked about strenuously in the past week, and I thought we should ground ourselves a little bit. [...] Do Third Parties Have Standing to Initiate LEED 2009 Decertification Proceedings? By Stephen Del Percio, Green Real Estate Law July 9, 2009 The possibility that a LEED-certified project could be “decertified” by USGBC or GBCI in the event that any of the new LEED 2009 Minimum Program Requirements (”MPRs”) are not satisfied presents a variety [...] Sacramento getting smart grid by Candace Lombardi, CNET News June 24, 2009 Sacramento County’s community-owned electric utility has signed a deal for Silver Spring Networks to provide a smart grid for roughly 600,000 homes and businesses. Installation is to begin in July with an expected completion date tentatively set for March 2011. So what will [...] In my experience, plaintiffs will typically wait until they are up against the controlling statute of limitations before commencing a lawsuit. Here in New York, the applicable statutes of limitation for many of the causes of action under which green building liability may arise (such as negligence and breach of contract) range from three to six years. When you consider that LEED Version 2.2 only went live on January 1, 2006, many of the LEED-related green building claims that have been suggested to date remain well within the statute. This could be a significant reason why both LEED- and green building-related litigation will remain on the horizon for the near future. |
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