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State Law Trumps on Location of Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

This case is instructive beyond Maryland’s borders because it involves the intersection of states’ efforts to promote solar energy generation as part of its renewable energy policies, and county governments’ local planning and zoning prerogatives. Specifically, the Legislature considered H.B. emphasis added).

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Green Code Mandatory on April 1 For All Building in Baltimore

Green Building Law Update

Baltimore City adopted the International Green Construction Code 2012 as an overlay to the City’s building, fire and related codes effective April 1, 2015. And it should be lost on no one that all of this involves the IgCC 2012 and not the 2015 version. By Jacqueline Lusk and Stuart Kaplow. ” Read on.

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State Focus – Iowa: Growing Jobs As Well As Corn

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From the September/October 2015 Issue. The first four sites—all 200-plus acres—completed designation in 2014, with the additional six sites earning designation in summer 2015. Branstad in a July 2015 statement. Two miles from I-80 in Van Meter, a nearly 288- acre site is ideally zoned for a data center. By Shana Daley.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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Certifications • Florida Building Contractor. Accomplishments • Hired as an entry-level draftsman in 2015 and worked up the ranks to become project director. Certifications • Arkansas Contractors License. Certifications • Licensed real estate agent in Texas and New Mexico. Akel Homes. Delray Beach, Fla. .

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Comfort Systems Road Map: A Plug-and-Play Residential Duct System

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In 2015, Pittsburgh-based IBACOS.—a From 2015 to 2017, IBACOS performed lab tests and modeling to validate the technology. Lab testing and modeling confirmed that most homes up to 4,200 square feet in climate zones 3–5 could be adequately conditioned with 3-inch-diameter smooth ductwork. inch or 2-inch ducts. .

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2018 IgCC Poised to be Adopted for the First Time

Green Building Law Update

Not included in this regulation are any provisions from the IgCC about zoning, water use reduction or regulations of buildings after issuance of a certificate of occupancy because the Department of Permitting Services does not have the authority to regulate those matters through a building code, green or otherwise, without a change in law.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Virginia has a longstanding reputation as a workforce pioneer thanks to programs such as the Virginia Jobs Investment Program (VJIP), which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. Culpeper’s five strategically located Tech Zones provide incentives to qualified technology zone businesses.