greenrealestatelaw.com - 2/11/2009
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Back in January here at GRELJ, I critiqued Andrew Burr of CoStar's list of the top ten green building stories from 2008 by noting his lack of any reference to the green building litigation and associated risk management issues that began to emerge during the course of last year. Accordingly, I ...
greenbuildingelements.com - 2/17/2009
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greenbuildingelements.com —
While any structure built in a way that
lessens its footprint is welcomed, some of the buildings...
that people try to turn green simply make no sense. LEED certification, in all its greatness, does not take the building’s intended purpose into ...
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The 10 Dumbest Green Buildings on Earth
costar.com - 2/7/2009
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costar.com —
With increasing frequency, buildings that are registered for
the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification are being...
promoted using exaggerated, misleading or false claims, real estate lawyers and consultants say. Many of the claims indicate ...
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Greenwashing or Just Misunderstood? Increase in Dubious ...
greenerbuildings.com - 2/7/2009
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greenerbuildings.com —
Hotel operators know the value of incorporating green
practices into their operations. And as hotels increasingly make...
claims about their green policies, more now seek certification to add the credibility of a reputable third-party verifier. ...
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Hotels Look to LEED to Boost Green Cred
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Checking In with the Green Real Estate Law Journal
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... aspects of green real estate finance to the first post in a series about green leasing and a critique of the recent CoStar article reviewing exaggerated owner claims of LEED certification. Again, check out links to a few of our most recent posts below, and please take a moment to subscribe to the GRELJ RSS or email feed if you haven’t already done so. Finally, if you’d be interested in contributing to GRELJ (or here at gbNYC), please feel free to contact me.
CoStar, Owner’s Counsel Addressing Liability of Marketing Green ...
Taking Liberties with LEED
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... . Wrote LEED-accredited attorney Stephen Del Percio in the Green Real Estate Law Journal earlier this month : For the owner that sticks “LEED Gold Certified” on project marketing materials, in quarterly reports or other disclosures to the S.E.C., or in a lease term sheet with a tenant who has a corporate mandate to occupy office space in LEED Gold buildings only, the potential liability for a LEED-registered project that drops out of the U.S.G.B.C.’s queue could be enormous. For those who want to check if a building is as green as advertised, the Green Building Council ...
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