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South Miami Poised to Mandate Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

The City of South Miami, Florida City Commission is scheduled to take a final vote on July 18 on an ordinance that will require rooftop photovoltaic panels on new construction and major renovations. The proposed requirement is a first anywhere except in California where there are only a very few locales with a similar mandate.

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Style Meets Safety with Fire Rated Glass Fences

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Style Meets Safety with Fire Rated Glass Fences 1 kcichowicz Thu, 09/21/2023 - 12:53 SAFTI FIRST For homes and developments built near or in wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas and designated fire zones, fire rated glass fences introduce a remarkable innovation that seamlessly combines safety and aesthetics.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The key to that positive change resides in the same place in California it did in North Dakota—buried more than a mile underground in the middle of a huge shale deposit. Thus far, California hasn’t dived head-first into an embrace of fracking. Source: Energy Information Administration based on data from various studies.

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Style Meets Safety with Fire Rated Glass Fences  

Safti First

For homes and developments built near or in wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas and designated fire zones, fire rated glass fences introduce a remarkable innovation that seamlessly combines safety and aesthetics. The SuperLite I-XL specialty tempered panels meet the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) CPSC Cat.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

In 2017, Edwards created the Louisiana Cybersecurity Commission to bolster the state’s cyber safety and to position Louisiana as a national leader and preferred location for cyber business, education and research. California remains the Sun King by far (more than five times the installed solar power capacity of any other state).

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State Focus – Utah: Consistently Excellent

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It’s also massively multilingual with more than 130 languages spoken in the course of business every day and has a foreign trade zone and intermodal inland port. The Utah Film Commission says 2015 was a blockbuster year for movie makers in Utah. The Film Commission is looking at ways to accelerate this convergence.”.

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BIM for FM – What is COBie – A Section of Roadmap for Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Adopters of the COBie approach also include public and private owners, University of Indiana, University Southern California, in the UK Vinci Construction Ltd, and in Germany, The State of Bavaria. COBie comprises sheets that document the facility, the levels (or sectors), spaces and zones that make up the function of the facility.