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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: May 2011
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Monday, May 16, 2011. Practical Applications of ASTM’s Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Standard E 2797-11. Building on my previous post, consider some potential practical applications of the ASTM’s new “BEPA” standard:. Use with projects in connection with Arkansas’s Sustainable Buildings Design and Sustainable Energy-Efficient Buildings Design programs;. Use by developers, lenders, borrowers, and investors as part of the due diligence into a commercial real estate deal;. Use by lenders to ...
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: Arkansas Court of Appeals Update: Deed placing property into Wetlands Reserve Program did not create right of public access.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Arkansas Court of Appeals Update: Deed placing property into Wetlands Reserve Program did not create right of public access. In an April 30, 2014, decision, Johnson v. Kros. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s finding that the deeding of property into a federal Wetlands Reserve Program did not create a public right of access. The full decision of the Arkansas Court of Appeals, Johnson v. Kros. Can be found at 2014 Ark. App. 254 (2014). Benjamin Brenner practices i...
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: July 2011
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Saturday, July 30, 2011. 8220;Greenwashing” and the Need for Third-Party Green Certification. In an interview published in the July/August 2011 issue of Green Building and Design. Designer John Cantrell of HOK Atlanta comments,. Regardless, the point about the importance of third-party certification is dead on. Consider this sign, observed in May 2011 at Riverfest in Little Rock, Arkansas:. Consider this hypothetical, suggested by the Riverfest ride photo: of all the rides at Riverfest, you are swayed by...
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: March 2011
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Thursday, March 3, 2011. Arkansas Legislative Update: The Arkansas Clean Energy Act (SB 721). Will Arkansas make the use of renewable energy technologies and resources a part of its sustainasphere? SB 721, filed earlier this week, is a step in that direction. SB 721 would create the Arkansas Clean Energy Act and would establish that, as a matter of public policy, that it is in the public interest to promote, encourage, and foster investment, development and use of renewable energy resources. The Act woul...
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: January 2012
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Monday, January 16, 2012. Leading the Transition to Sustainable Energy. These heavily polluting industries are also heavily subsidized by the government and have been for decades. Dismang mentioned two renewable energy companies that received subsidies but didn't mention that those investments are dwarfed by the subsidies given to the coal and oil industries. Importantly, transitioning our country toward a cleaner energy future also means thousands of good-paying construction and manufacturing jobs.
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: October 2011
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Sunday, October 23, 2011. Regardless of your politics, this is a sad and poor substitute for an actual analysis of why Solyndra failed, of what lessons can be drawn from that failure, and of what – if anything – that failure tells us about the future of green energy. With that in mind, for your consideration a few brief thoughts on the most widely politicized peaks of the polemic:. Links to this post. Labels: Department of Energy. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe in a reader. Green AR By the Day.
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: November 2011
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Sunday, November 20, 2011. Sustainable Business Practices and Social Media Policies. One of the leading trends in sustainable business practices is the “paperless” office. This means that in addition to the normal panoply of employee policies, sustainable business are going to need a “Social Media” policy – that is, a policy that defines when and how employees can use social media. These policies the equivalent of a hidden pit lined with pointy sticks. The first, and perhaps most important rule of social...
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: October 2013
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Monday, October 7, 2013. The City of Fayetteville Takes A Step Closer to Having the First PACE Program in Arkansas. At the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association’s. 8220;Hour of Power” event this past August, City of Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan. Was blunt: he intended to do everything within his power to position the City of Fayetteville to be the first to make Property Assessed Clean Energy. Or “ PACE. 8221; financing available to its citizens. Act 1074 of 2013. The PACE Act directs governmental ent...
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Arkansas Sustainability Law Blog: May 2014
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Monday, May 12, 2014. Little Rock Sustainability Commission Elects New Officers. The Little Rock Sustainability Commission has elected officers to serve for 2014. The new officers are:. Chairperson: Benjamin D. Brenner (Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates and Woodyard P.L.L.C.). Vice Chairperson: Ron Hughes (HERS Inc. and Pulaski Tech). Secretary: Neil Gillespie (NICK Inc.). The Commission's achievements include:. Developing a sustainable purchasing policy for the City. More information about the Commission...
