The struggle to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape

The push to prepare American cities and towns for greater climate resilience has become more urgent in recent years as scientific evidence of warming mounts and extreme weather events grow more common. Officials in many states, including Massachusetts and New York, are enacting new rules requiring developers and property owners to change or reduce the type or amount of energy used in their buildings, to incorporate certain construction materials and technology while excluding others, and to plan for rising seas and stormwater runoff.

This post was originally published on this site

Lawyers Lookup Legal Directory - Find a lawyer online using www.lawyerslookup.ca