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The office market was thrown into turmoil in the post-pandemic shift towards flexible working. Businesses battled with uncertainty over the future of the workplace and whether big glossy office spaces would become obsolete in...more
Last week, the Boston Zoning Commission adopted Net Zero Carbon (NZC) zoning. As addressed in our 2021 and 2023 advisories, this completes a three-part decarbonization strategy, along with the Specialized Energy Code and the...more
The court upheld a mitigated negative declaration for a parcel delivery warehouse project, finding, among other things, that the threshold of significance and baseline used in preparing the MND were supported by substantial...more
Recognising the threat of climate change and the importance of sustainable development, Singapore has made a commitment to establishing a robust framework of environmental and climate change laws and regulations – an...more
Since retiring from environmental leadership positions at the World Bank, I have taken on teaching assignments including a course entitled “Circular Economy in the Construction Sector”. The students taking this course are...more
On January 10, the Biden-Harris Administration released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization: A Joint Strategy to Transform Transportation, which is designed to cut all greenhouse emissions from the...more
The City of Edmonton (Edmonton) has published a District Energy Strategy. To meet its climate targets, Edmonton aims to reduce emissions from heating and cooling buildings through a “City-wide decarbonized district energy...more
On June 8, 2022, the Federal Government launched Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System (the “Federal GHG Offset System”), with the publication of the Canadian Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System Regulations (the...more
The U.K. Government has published the U.K. Infrastructure Bill, a piece of legislation designed to put the U.K. Infrastructure Bank on a statutory footing. The Bank was launched in interim form in June 2021 as part of the...more
With the clock ticking on the 2050 net zero target, what’s next on the sustainability agenda for building owners? As 2022 gets under way, the UK is another year closer towards the government’s target of achieving net zero by...more
As of January 1, 2022, new French environmental regulations ("RE2020") are coming into force, replacing the former thermic regulations ("RT 2012"). RE2020 creates new rules for the energy, environmental, and health...more
Habitat for Humanity builds the nation’s first 3D-printed house, the White House announces infrastructure spending plans for 2022, commercial real estate firms are left to determine their vaccination mandates, and more....more
Planning legislation has been framed over many years to grapple with climate change and there is no doubt that there is real impetus at all levels of development to ensure that climate targets are met. In this blog we discuss...more
Furthering the aims of Boston’s 2019 Climate Action Plan, which identified large buildings as major carbon emitters, Boston City Council amended the Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) to require all...more
Local Law 97 of New York City’s Climate Mobilization Act (the “Act”) is the City’s aggressive greenhouse gas emission reduction plan for buildings. The City has published figures indicating that approximately 70% of...more
Over 1,000 firms have made either indicative or concrete pledges to align their greenhouse gas emissions with the Paris Agreement—which means reducing emissions to zero by 2050....more
San Diego County Board of Supervisors declines to appeal ruling on climate plan - Patch – July 9 - The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has decided against appealing a court ruling that found the county’s Climate...more
The Court of Appeal returned a ruling on 27 February 2020 that the UK government's policy statement which included the government's approval of the Heathrow expansion was unlawful because it did not consider the impact of the...more
Thirteen federal agencies released a report in November 2017 in which they conclude that humans are the primary cause of climate change. The report, entitled Climate Science Special Report, is of particular concern to Long...more
Three years ago, we predicted the global rise of the district energy sector. The key drivers at the time were energy efficiency savings of up to 70% and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, there were no policy...more