Getting Green from the Stimulus

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

Getting Green From the Stimulus

Copyright © 2009, Chris Cheatham. All Rights Reserved.


• How many have
read the stimulus?



• How many have
read the stimulus?
• Why haven’t you
read the stimulus
act yet?



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

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Getting Green From theBuilding
Suretyship and Green Stimulus

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

Chris Cheatham - www.greenbuildinglawupdate.com


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


Overview of the101
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


Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

-Recovery.org


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Overview of the101
Suretyship 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


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Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus

• 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


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Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus

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


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Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus

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


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Suretyship 101

• Federal Buildings - GSA
• Agency: General Services Administration

• $4.5 billion to convert federal buildings to
High-Performance Green Buildings.


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• “GSA has 45 days to submit its ofﬁcial
project list.”
• What are you doing on

April 3, 2009?

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• “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

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Suretyship 101

• Federal Buildings - DOD
• Agency: Department of Defense Energy
Conservation Investment Program

• $3.6 billion for energy efﬁciency projects and
modernization of facilities.


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• 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.


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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.


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Suretyship 101

• Weatherization Assistance Program
(WAP)
• Agency: States

• $5 billion for weatherization of low-income
family homes

• Estimate: will weatherize one million homes


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Suretyship 101

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


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• 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


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Overview of the101
Information is Power
Suretyship Stimulus

• The Green is Flowing Now


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Prepare Green Building

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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Prepare for Green
Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus

• FedBizOpps: https://www.fbo.gov/


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Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus
Prepare for Green

• State Website - Virginia
• http://stimulus.virginia.gov


OF in the Stimulus
Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus
Prepare for Green

• State Website -Maryland

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

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Overview of the101
Suretyship Stimulus
Prepare for Green

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


Suretyship and Green Building
Avoid Green Risk

• Risks
• New,
inexperienced
entities
involved with
green
building

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


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Green Green Green Risk
Avoid the Stimulus
Suretyship 101

• Risks
• Guaranteed LEED certiﬁcation


Suretyship BeGreen Risk
How to and Green Building
Avoid Shovel Ready

• Risks
• Matching energy efﬁciency requirements



• Programs offered by WTHF
1. “Green in the Stimulus” Report
2. Green Contract Program
3. LEED AP Study Program



• What Did You Learn?
• Green building opportunities are out there.
• Prepare your company now with
information.
• The Secret Weapon - StimulusWatch.org.
• Manage green risks.


Want to learn more?

chris@greenbuildinglawupdate.com

Getting Green from the Stimulus

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