Resources

There are a number of reports, studies, and other articles relating to green building legal issues that we refer to frequently here at GRELJ. This Resources page, which we will continually update, aims to compile those documents in one location for your reference. If there are any documents of import that we have missed, please contact us.

• The Liability of Building Green: Old Wine in New Bottles (USGBC White Paper, 3/09)
• The Anatomy of America’s First Green Building Litigation: Shaw Development v. Southern Builders (gbNYC, 8/20/08)
• Doing Well By Doing Good (RICS Study, 3/30/09)
• Understanding the Business of Green (Special Focus Issue from Counselors of Real Estate, 12/08)
• The Top 5 Legal Issues to Consider on Green Construction Projects (gbNYC, 11/1/07)
• Achieving 30% & 50% Over ASHRAE 90.1-2004 in a Low-Rise Office Building (ConSol for NAIOP, 12/08)
• Marsh Report: The Green Built Environment in the United States (12/08)
• Commercial Real Estate and the Environment (CoStar Study, 3/08)
• A Better Way to Rate Green Buildings (Henry Gifford, No Date)