Getting Green From the Stimulus

Getting Green !
From the Stimulus!
Chris Cheatham, LEED AP, Esq.!
www.greenbuildinglawupdate.com!

Getting Green From the Stimulus!

• How many have
read the stimulus?
• Why haven’t you
read the stimulus
act yet?
• Don’t worry,
Congress didn’t
either.

Chris Cheatham - www.greenbuildinglawupdate.com!

[TITLE Green From theBuilding!
Getting OF and Green Stimulus!
Suretyship PRESENTATION]!

• What Will You Learn?
• Huge green building opportunities.
• You can prepare your company now.
• The Secret Weapons.
• There are risks that must be considered.


[TITLE Green From theBuilding!
Getting OF and Green Stimulus!
Suretyship PRESENTATION]!

• Agenda
• Overview of the Stimulus
• Green in the Stimulus
• Information is Power
• Avoid Green Risks


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Overview of the 101!
Suretyship Stimulus!

• H.R. 1, the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

• Signed by
President
Barack Obama
on February
17, 2009
• $787 Billion


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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

-Recovery.org


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Overview the Stimulus!

• Estimates for Our Region:
• Virginia
$11,853,726,873
• D.C.
$1,537,624,943
• Maryland $9,516,780,462
-Center for American Progress



• No Earmarks
“When this bill passes, a Niagara Falls of
money will ﬂow out of Washington and
into the accounts of state highway
commissioners, governors and
legislatures, local school boards, county
executives — even mayors,” Binder says.
- NPR, 2/6/09



• Shovel Ready Projects
• Funds available until Sept. 30, 2010
• Goal to use 50 percent funding for
projects initiated by June 17, 2009



• Green Industries in the Stimulus:
1. Federal Buildings
2. State Energy Programs
3. State Weatherization
4. Schools


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Green Industries in Stimulus!
Suretyship 101!

• Federal Buildings - GSA
• Agency: General Services Administration
• $4.5 billion to convert federal buildings to
High-Performance Green Buildings.


Suretyship 101!

• “GSA has 45 days to submit its ofﬁcial
project list.”
• Incredibly, project list published

April 2, 2009

Suretyship 101!

• D.C. $1.2 billion
• Virginia $66 million
• Maryland $25 million


Suretyship 101!

• “All GSA new construction projects and
substantial renovations must be certiﬁed
through the LEED Green Building Rating
System of the U.S. Green Building Council.”
• “Projects are encouraged to exceed basic
LEED green building certiﬁcation and
achieve LEED Silver level.”

-www.gsa.gov


Suretyship 101!

• Federal Buildings - DOD
• Agency: Department of Defense Energy
Conservation Investment Program
• $3.6 billion for energy efﬁciency projects and
modernization of facilities.


Suretyship 101!

• State Energy Program
• Agency: Department of Energy
• $3.1 billion for State Energy Program (SEP).
• Funding requires Governors’ assurances
regarding stricter building codes and reform
utility policies.


Suretyship 101!

• Energy Efﬁciency and Conservation
Block Grant Program
• Agency: State and Local Governments
• $3.2 billion provided to local governments
to implement energy efﬁciency and
conservation programs.


Suretyship 101!

• Weatherization Assistance Program
(WAP)
• Agency: States
• $5 billion for weatherization of low-income
family homes
• Estimate: will weatherize one million homes


Suretyship 101!

• Assisted Housing
• Agency: Department of Housing and
Urban Development
• $2.25 billion for energy retroﬁts of
existing affordable housing


Suretyship 101!

• Green Schools
• Agency: State
• $9.75 billion for public safety and other
government services,
• Can include modernization, renovation or
repair of public school facilities consistent
with a recognized green building rating
system


Overview the is Stimulus!
Information Stimulus!
Suretyship Power!

• The Green is Flowing Now


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Suretyship and Green Building!
Information Power!

• Information at Your Disposal
1. Understand FedBizOpps and state
websites.
2. Register on Central Contractor Registration
database (www.ccr.gov).
3. Form relationships with agencies and
contractor.


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• The Secret Weapons
• FedBizOpps: https://www.fbo.gov/


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Green in the 101!
Suretyship Power!

• State Website – Virginia stimulus.virginia.gov


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Suretyship Power!

• State Website -Maryland

• http://statestat.maryland.gov/recovery.asp

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Green in the 101!
Suretyship Power!

• StimulusWatch.org
• Shovel ready
projects submitted
by U.S. Mayors
Conference 2008


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• Risks
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inexperienced
entities
involved with
green building

- U.S. Mayors Conference, Mainstreet Economic Recovery Report


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• Risks
• Guaranteed LEED certiﬁcation


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How to and Green Building!

• Risks
• Energy Efﬁciency Requirements


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Suretyship and Green Stimulus!

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