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Leah Rochwarg Published in Venture Magazine
11/14/2007

“Building Green”

Leah’s article, “Building Green,” highlights some of the legal and risk management issues confronting all participants to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of sustainable or Green buildings.

Leah notes, “The green or sustainable building movement originated as a grass roots campaign to raise public awareness about the environmental impacts of global warming and as part of a concerted effort to minimize the negative environmental consequences of building development.” Since “Green design and construction are rapidly becoming the new best practices for businesses today,” Leah points out that “inextricably intertwined with the economics of green building are the legal risks and issues.” To mitigate such risks, “all stakeholders should meet to discuss and agree upon” several issues, including, “What is meant by ‘green?’ What standard(s) apply to the project or portion(s) of the project?” among many others that Leah lays out. She concludes that, “As part of any risk management program, each stakeholder in the green building movement should identify and understand the legal issues and risks attendant to green building.”