Recent trend in green buildings laws: Potential preemption of green building and whether retrofitting existing buildings will reduce greenhouse gases and save the economy

Urban Lawyer

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 489-499

  Hupp, Erin Burg ^a  

^a A California Public Law Firm ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENSPACE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBAN DESIGN;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350786882     PISSN: 00420905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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60. Id. at *3 (citing 42 U.S.C. §6297(c)).