Lane Wesley Burt, USGBC

Lane Wesley Burt is the technical policy director for the U.S. Green Building Council.

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It's Time to Close the Tax Loophole that Subsidizes Wasted Energy
By Lane Wesley Burt, USGBC, August 19, 2011
Building owners that invest in energy efficiency retrofits have to pay taxes on the value of that investment; if they continue wasting energy as usual, it's completely deductible. We need to make......
Note to Congress: This is How to Encourage Better Buildings
By Lane Wesley Burt, USGBC, June 09, 2011
The president's Better Buildings Initiative is a good start, but here are three key ways the federal government can rapidly increase the large-scale commercial retrofit projects underway....
How Cities, States and the Feds are Making Buildings Greener
By Lane Wesley Burt, USGBC, May 19, 2011
Undeterred by fractious politics in the Capitol and sometimes closer to home, government agencies at all levels are pushing ahead with green building initiatives....
Building Performance Ramp-Up Possible Despite Uncertain Congress
By Lane Wesley Burt, USGBC, February 17, 2011
While the more sharply divided U.S Congress has caused heightened concerns about the prospects for energy and climate legislation, that doesn't mean green building advocates should pack up and go......
Can Retrofits Help Wean Us from Oil?
By Lane Wesley Burt, USGBC, August 04, 2010
In the wake of Deepwater oil spill, the Natural Resources Defense Fund and the Institute for Market Transformation have updated their fact sheet "Reducing the Need for U.S. Drilling Through......
Don't Sweat the Trickle of Stimulus Funds
By Lane Wesley Burt, USGBC, March 04, 2010
Recovery Act funding hasn't been squandered, it just hasn't been spent yet. While it's understandable to be disappointed about how long it's taken to get things in gear, there's no reason to......

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