Going Green Supplement

The following articles were published in the "Going Green" supplement to The Legal Intelligencer.  You can download a PDF version of the supplement by clicking here.

Green Building: Short-Lived Trend or Future Industry Standard in Construction?

By Christopher D. Ackerman

Green building is being lauded as both environmentally friendly and economically conservative.  Full Article


New Building Codes to Bring Positive Changes, But Mixed Use Is 'The Real Green'

By Seth A. Shapiro and Shari Shapiro

Green building regulations have been on a meteoric rise. According to the AIA, 14 percent of US cities with populations in excess of 50,000 people now have green building programs in place, and the number of counties with green building programs has grown nearly 400 percent since 2003.  Full Article


Making the Business Case: A How-To Guide for Law Firm Sustainability Programs

By June M. Inderwies and Constance K. Aginsky

It is a challenge to place "law firm" and "sustainability" together in the same sentence, let alone believe that a law firm would launch a sustainability program. Everyone knows that law offices use large quantities of paper. Full Article.


Tax Incentives for Renewable Energy Abound

By Christopher C. Scarpa

Federal tax law provides a variety of incentives for renewable energy. At the end of 2008 and in the beginning of 2009, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, respectively, were signed into law.  Full Article


Green Construction: New Liabilities Require New Practices

By Christopher Soper and Lane F. Kelman

Seemingly, after Al Gore's environmental documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" came out in 2006, a trend was started. Pop culture was infused with a cause celeb — going green. Green building, in turn, gained considerable exposure.  Full Article.