Maryland Green Building Network

November 5, 2002 – 3:00–5:00 pm

Office of Smart Growth – Annapolis, MD

Attendees

Tom Barany, Holophane

Phyllis Becker

Wayne Benjamin, Webco Sales

Matthew Flyer, Nextstep Partners

Janet Harrison, AIA COTE

Maynard Houghton

James Kantor

Jeff Lewis, Lewis Construction

Tom Lofft, Cohousing Network

Christine Lokey, GHK

Edmund Mason, PG Co.

Robert Metzger, MNCPPC

Kyle Bressant-Page

Tom Paxton, Floortec

Gena Scaggs McNichol, Merritt Properties

Charles Segerman, Tower Companies

Francie Spahn, Saul Ewing, LLP

Jared Spahn, Old Town Construction

Melvin Ross, DMC Engineering

Panara Unger, SMEC Int’l

John Vlah, Holophane

Introductions and Announcements

Sean asked that attendees introduce themselves and then reviewed upcoming events as stated in the Network e-mails.

Howard County Green Building Tax Credit – Brian Perlberg, Howard County

Brian Perlberg from Howard County described and discussed the newly passed Howard County Green Building Tax Credit. For a full review of the credit, please go to: www.co.ho.md.us/CountyCouncil/CCdocs/CB54-2002.pdf.

For more information, contact Brian at 410-313-3122.

Maryland Green Building Tax Credit – Michael Li, MD Energy Administration

Michael Li, Maryland Energy Administration, provided a brief overview of the Tax Credit and related issues. For a full description of the Tax Credit, please go to: www.ies.ncsu.edu/dsire/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=MD09F&state=MD&CurrentPageID=1. To review the original legislation, please go to: mlis.state.md.us/2001rs/billfile/hb0008.htm.

The release of the final regulations for Maryland's Green Building Tax Credit has been slightly delayed. After taking into consideration comments from the first public comment period, the tax credit regulations were amended and re-proposed. The final regulations are scheduled to come out early next year. The proposed regulations will be proposed in an upcoming edition of the Maryland Register. The basic regulations and standards have not changed, just an adjustment to the details.

For more information contact: Mike Li, 410-974-2411 x310. Maryland Energy Administration 1-800-72-ENERGY or mea@energy.state.md.us