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Griffis Group has vowed to reduce the carbon footprint of its nine Class-A apartment communities in Colorado by purchasing more than 6.9 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits (RECs) from Renewable Choice Energy.

In Racine, Wis., a city ordinance requires apartment communities to provide recycling containers for their residents. To date, though, there has been little to no enforcement of the ordinance.

Later this month, the country's first mandatory composting law will go into effect in San Francisco. City workers are currently scrambling to get the various green and blue bins out to thousands of apartment communities and commercial buildings.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week filed complaints against eight companies owned by a couple of Maine-based developers, charging them with not adequately disclosing the presence of lead paint in various apartment communities.

The City of Austin might require more multifamily housing communities and office buildings to recycle, but some apartment and business owners say they are worried about the cost and practicality of doing so.

The EPA settled a lawsuit brought against it by the Sierra Club and others concerning its Renovation, Repair and Painting Regulations. The regulations create new compliance obligations for market-rate and affordable properties not certified lead-free.

The bill would create a grant program for communities to plan for housing and transportation projects, including public transportation, transit-oriented development, redeveloping brownfield sites and affordable housing.

A groundbreaking Program that benefits both the environment and the local economy is making a splash in maintenance, thanks to the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA).

As the federal government emphasizes sustainable housing, HUD appointed Shelley Poticha as Senior Advisor for Sustainable Housing and Communities.

After targeting buildings for higher (and in some cases technologically infeasible) energy efficiency mandates, Congress is also now focused on how to get building occupants to do their part in saving energy.