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Bennett, Tobias and Freeman on The ASTM Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Standard: Recent Trends, Current Uses, Legal Issues & New Business Opportunities (PDF)

Bennett, Tobias and Freeman on The ASTM Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Standard: Recent Trends, Current Uses, Legal Issues & New Business Opportunities (PDF)

Reviews the drivers leading to the creation of BEPA, summarizes the standard's key provisions and uses, discusses some of the legal issues presented by BEPA, and identifies the business opportunities emerging from its adoption.


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Publisher :LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis
Format: Electronic, 18 Pages , PDF

ISBN: 9781422429983

6/9/2011
 
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    ASTM's 2011 Building Energy Performance Assessment standard (BEPA) is a landmark development for the measurement of energy performance in commercial buildings. In this article, Mark J. Bennett, Leanne Tobias and David J. Freeman review the drivers leading to the creation of BEPA, summarize the standard's key provisions and uses, discuss some of the legal issues presented by BEPA, and identify the business opportunities emerging from its adoption.

     

    Mark J. Bennett is Senior Counsel and leads the Climate Change Practice at Miller Canfield (http://millercanfield.com/people-325.html). Mr. Bennett focuses his practice on carbon finance, renewable energy capital formation and green building & sustainable development. With over 20 years of experience in environmental due diligence, Mr. Bennett is widely recognized as an expert in incorporating sustainability risk and opportunity due diligence into real estate and commercial transactions. He is the Vice Chair of the American Bar Association's Energy & Environmental Markets Finance Committee and served as a member of ASTM's Building Energy Performance Assessment Task Group.

     

    Leanne Tobias is founder and managing principal of Malachite LLC (www.malachitellc.com), a green real estate advisory firm that specializes in finance and investment; project team assembly and management; certification support; portfolio and project management; and strategy, policy development and research. A LEED Accredited Professional, Ms. Tobias has over 20 years of experience in institutional real estate investment. She has served as a real estate advisor to the U.S. government on building energy efficiency, is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Finance Advisory Board, and served as member of ASTM's Building Energy Performance Assessment Task Group. Ms. Tobias is the author of Retrofitting Office Buildings to Be Green and Energy-Efficient, widely cited as the authoritative guide to green building retrofits.

     

    David J. Freeman is a Partner and Chair of the Environmental Practice Group in the New York office of Paul Hastings LLP (www.paulhastings.com), an international law firm with 18 offices worldwide. His practice focuses on representing buyers and sellers of property, assisting in brownfield redevelopment, litigation regarding Superfund and other hazardous waste cleanups, and counseling clients on sustainability and green buildings projects. He has written and spoken extensively on environmental issues. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and Vice Chair of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund; President of the New York City Brownfield Partnership; and Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association's Committee of Hazardous Waste/Site Cleanup. He is listed in Chambers & Partners' Client's Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Marquis' Who's Who in American Law, and New York Super Lawyers.

     

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