http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs Seeking to transform the thinking of the industry. Aiming to educate, inform, and inspire. Striving to develop advanced methods and solutions that can cope with the challenges faced now and in the future. Beyond Engineering en info@mazzetti.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-08T20:23:31+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/349/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/349/#When:20:23:31Z With the growing attention to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy efficiency, I have found myself more frequently explaining the nuances and differences in calculating reductions. Many people don’t understand that a 20% reduction in energy consumption for a building doesn’t necessarily translate into a 20% reduction in GHG emissions. BLUE, General 2010-03-08T20:23:31+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/342/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/342/#When:00:49:47Z More and more jurisdictions around the country are requiring building owners to publicly disclose the energy consumption of their buildings. BLUE, Climate Change Law 2010-02-12T00:49:47+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/321/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/321/#When:16:39:27Z With climate change regulation and mandatory reporting becoming closer to reality, many organizations and facility owners are trying to understand whether and how they may be affected. BLUE, Climate Change Law 2010-01-09T16:39:27+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/320/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/320/#When:02:45:13Z As many of you know, the State of California passed the “Global Warming Solutions Act” in 2006. Otherwise known as Assembly Bill (AB) 32, this law requires the state to develop regulations, including “market-based mechanisms” (i.e. cap and trade system) that will lead to reductions of greenhouse gas emissions. And, for people NOT living in California, this is important because California’s regulations often foretell similar regulations that eventually make their way to the rest of the country. What is new in the California planning is an effort to tailor the cap and trade system to better protect public health. BLUE, Climate Change Law 2010-01-09T02:45:13+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/316/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/316/#When:16:25:10Z RPS stands for Renewable Portfolio Standard. It is a tactic being used more and more by regulators to try to increase the degree to which our energy supply comes from renewable energy. BLUE, Climate Change Law 2009-12-31T16:25:10+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/314/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/314/#When:17:48:46Z The EPA and FDA are starting to take a closer look at the issue of pharmaceuticals in the water system. BLUE 2009-12-23T17:48:46+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/310/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/310/#When:16:42:28Z On December 16, the Obama administration unveiled a proposal to expand a Clean Energy Tax Credit by $5B. This is one example of laws aimed at combating climate change by offering incentives rather than by creating penalties. This, I think, is the absolute best way to create improvements. 2009-12-22T16:42:28+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/296/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/296/#When:20:10:34Z One of the things that is so clear to me is that the bulk of climate change law flies under the radar, and is ignored in conversations over cap and trade and global warming. One of the best examples of this is in the creation of green building codes. BLUE, Climate Change Law 2009-12-15T20:10:34+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/287/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/287/#When:05:07:00Z Early action is a concept by which regulators encourage people to take action before the regulations are formulated or take effect. Climate change laws usually reward early action, meaning there is an incentive now to create your emissions baseline and to start to bring it down. BLUE, Climate Change Law 2009-12-11T05:07:00+00:00 http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/282/ http://www.mazzetti.com/index.php/blogs/view/282/#When:00:48:01Z On December 7, 2009, 60 days and 380,000 public comments after issuing its draft Endangerment finding, the EPA announced that the six Greenhouse Gasses named in the Kyoto Protocol “threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.” This is a big deal. BLUE, Climate Change Law 2009-12-08T00:48:01+00:00