Laws and Regulations

Green Building Legislation Brings Higher Standards
The State Legislature supported and the governor signed the High Performance Green Building bill. This bill will increase the use of green building practices in construction of state agency and higher education buildings by requiring the designers and builders to meet either LEED Silver or a (in development) school design protocol criteria. It applies to projects larger than 5,000 sq.ft. Affordable housing projects are excluded, as will cases where a formal review of the project finds the requirements to be impractical. The requirements will be phased in over the next two years.

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