Implied Warranty of Habitability: Are Design Professionals At Risk?

In1324 W. Pratt Condominium Ass'n v. Platt Const. Group, Inc., 2010 WL 3788057 (Ill.App. 1 Dist.), a condominium association sued

EnGuard Recycled PET Batt Insulation

Alex Wilson, this year's winner of the Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing, selected EnGuard Insulation by Vita Nonwovens as the BuildingGreen Product of the Week following Greenbuild in Chicago.

Essential Terms to Include in a Construction Arbitration Clause

I recently read a BNA article on commercial arbitration entitled Achieving the Perceived Cost Savings and Expedience of Commercial Arbitration (pdf).

IGCC Releases Version 2.0 of Green Construction Code For Adoption By Municipalities

The International Code Council recently released the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) Public Version 2.0, without much noise. But, this marks a significant development in green building and sustainable cities. Cities now have a viable code ...

Greenbuild 2010: Top Green Building Law Bloggers Provide Insight Into Coming Challenges

I follow the three leading bloggers on green building law closely; they make complicated and important issues affecting green building comprehensible. When I saw that they were all on a panel together at Greenbuild, I had to attend and meet them in per...