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NYC Large Building Owners May Owe Compliance Reports by May 1, 2025

New York Local Law 97 (“LL97”) is a landmark piece of climate legislation enacted as part of New York City’s broader Climate Mobilization Act. Passed in 2019, LL97 aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from...more

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Boston Accelerates Net Zero Carbon

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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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Going and Staying Green: Sustainability in Real Estate

Today on “Terra Firma: Conversations on Commercial Real Estate,” Stacey C. Tyler and Zachary L. Berliner talk with Alex Lassiter, the CEO and founder of Greenplaces, which helps businesses navigate the complexities of carbon...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

January 2025 Multifamily Alert

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With the New Year under way, we wanted to provide updates on legislative activity and other developments affecting multifamily properties in the region and across the country, including Maryland Building Energy Performance...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Massachusetts Governor Signs Mass Leads Act Promoting Clean Energy

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Zoning and Permitting Changes and a New Soccer Stadium on the Horizon - On November 20, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed The Mass Leads Act promoting a clean energy grid, advancing equity, and protecting...more

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City’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threshold for Delivery Warehouse was Supported by Substantial Evidence

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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

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National Environmental Policy Act Regulations: Phase 2 – What Else Has Changed?

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This is the fifth in a series of six eAlerts on the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024 (Final Rule) by the Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ). The Final Rule...more

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First District Affirms Judgment Upholding UCSF’s EIR for Long-Range Development Plan Substantially Increasing Parnassus Heights...

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In a partially published opinion filed September 20, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 3) affirmed the Alameda County Superior Court’s judgments denying writ petitions in three partially consolidated CEQA actions...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

City of Cambridge Passes Ambitious Net Zero Building Ordinance

On June 26, 2023, the Cambridge City Council voted to amend the city’s Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) to require large non-residential buildings to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 and...more

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Boston Initiatives Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The City of Boston is advancing three companion regulatory efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for medium-sized and large buildings. As addressed in our 2021 advisory, the Boston Emissions Reduction and Disclosure...more

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An Upcoming Proposal Will Impact Federal Acquisition of Real Estate - But How?

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As part of his administration's all-of-government response to climate concerns, on December 8, 2021 President Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal...more

BCLP

Greening Real Estate - Where are we now? - Energy Efficiency Series - Part 1

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Against the ambitious backdrop set by the Paris Climate Agreement to reach net-0 by 2050, there is a clear drive by corporations to move forward on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) or sustainability...more

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Local Law 97 Compliance Deadline Looming: ‘One Way or Another – This Darkness Got to Give’

Compliance deadlines for Local Law 97 of 2019 are steadily approaching, with the first reporting date being May 1, 2025, at which time owners of buildings covered by the law will be required to report compliance with the...more

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Anti-Housing CEQA Lawsuits Filed in 2020 Challenge Nearly 50% of California’s Annual Housing Production

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Holland & Knight Partner Jennifer L. Hernandez, leader of the firm's West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group, recently authored an industry report for the Center for Jobs & The Economy, whose mission is to identify and...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - August 2022

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Development and construction trends in California’s multifamily housing market Bullet Allen Matkins – July 21 Allen Matkins recently moderated a panel at the California Multifamily Forum to discuss current trends in...more

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[Webinar] Real Estate Opportunities in the Energy Transition - May 11th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT

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Global real estate accounts for over 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and approximately 40% of the world’s energy consumption. As a result, the transition to a low-carbon global economy must include efforts to decarbonize the...more

Jones Day

The Climate Report | First Quarter 2022

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The delegated regulation includes a new comprehensive and unified reporting methodology to direct investments toward environmentally sustainable economic activities....more

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French Regulations Foster a More Climate-Compatible Building Industry

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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

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Maryland Senate Proposes Bill To Foreclose New Fossil Fuel Hookups Starting In 2023

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The Maryland State Senate introduced a bill that will prohibit all new buildings from using natural gas or heating oil beginning in 2023, as well as place other restrictions on replacing heating systems in older buildings. If...more

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Boston Requires Carbon Neutrality for Existing Buildings

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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

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UK Net Zero Strategy: Understanding the Impact on Key Sectors

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The strategy sets out plans to reduce emissions from key sectors of the UK economy to ensure that the UK remains on track for net zero by 2050. On 19 October 2021, the UK government published its climate change strategy,...more

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Boston Passes Ambitious Ordinance Targeting Zero Emissions for Large Buildings by 2050

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Boston Acting Mayor Kim Janey signed an Ordinance Amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Chapter VII, Sections 7-2.1 and 7-2.2, Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure (BERDO 2.0) into law on Oct. 5, 2021. The amended...more

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NYC Climate Mobilization Act – Relief in Sight?

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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

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MEPA Office Issues Draft Interim Protocol on Climate Adaptation and Resiliency: Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation...

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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) has issued its draft Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Interim Protocol on Climate Adaptation and Resiliency (the Interim Protocol),...more

Mayer Brown

Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Taskforce Releases Core Carbon Principles and Roadmap

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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

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