This Article is adapted from The Law of Green Buildings: Regulatory and Legal Issues in Design, Construction, Operations, and Financing ch. 1 (J. Cullen Howe & Michael B. Gerrard eds. 2010). Copyright © 2010 by the American Bar Association and co-published with ELI Press. Reprinted by permission. This book provides an overview of green building law from a variety of well-know attorneys and other professionals in the green building field. These legal issues are likely to evolve quickly—and perhaps radically—in the coming years. Lawyers who read this book can expect to become better acquainted with the concept of green buildings; the wide variety of laws, regulations, and policies that are involved in their creation and development; and the legal issues that should be analyzed and considered.