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Dunkin' Donuts Green is a Hot Trend in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

While you were busy enjoying their new “Cronut” croissant donuts, earlier this month Dunkin’ Donuts announced the goal of 100 new DD Green™ certified restaurants by year end 2016. DD Green is a green building certification program that will assist franchisees build sustainable, energy efficient restaurants.

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California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007.

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California Leads In Electric Grid Modernization

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California ranks highest overall in efforts to modernize its electric grid, while Illinois, Texas, Maryland and Oregon round out the top five, according to the fourth Grid Modernization Index (GMI-4). California has a nine-point lead over second-place Illinois, while Texas ranks third. PRNewsfoto/The GridWise Alliance).

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SEC Alters Environmental Disclosure Requirements for First Time in 30 Years But

Green Building Law Update

A policy making official at a major NYSE member firm suggested, “the only reasonable inference is that these matters are not ‘material’ in the parlance of security regulation by the Federal government.”. Last Tuesday, the California Governor pushed the President to accept the role climate change in the California wildfires.

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Opportunities Shine in Community Solar

Green Building Law Update

Motivations vary from concerns over global warming to increasing energy independence, and hedging against rising fuel costs to because it is chick to be green. Today there are only a handful of community projects actually producing power in Arizona, Colorado, California and Maryland.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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The trend toward electrification is being accelerated by upcoming Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements for large publicly traded companies as well as by the ongoing greening of the grid. The green power market, a subset of the larger electricity market in the U.S.,

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Okay to Kill Eagles with Wind Turbines But Not with Solar Panels or.

Green Building Law Update

Only one application reached the public comment stage, the California project described in our post above. Fish and Wildlife has apparently collected 32 dead birds of the 52 birds reported killed In October by solar panels at the Ivanpah solar power plant in California. Although U.S. energy and protecting planet Earth.

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