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Maryland: Green Energy Institute Brings Innovation To Market

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T he Maryland state legislature has allocated $7.5 million to the University of Maryland to create a green energy research center. The goal of the Green Energy Institute—a collaboration between the University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC) at the A. From the September/October 2017 Issue. Larry Hogan, with Lt.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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The new data center will seek LEED Gold certification, and is scheduled to complete construction in late 2014. MARYLAND FAST FACTS. Education & Research, Energy & Sustainability, Aerospace & Defense. Further, Maryland’s power plant fleet is aging and unable to meet statewide energy needs. million people.

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Georgia's Legislation Banning LEED for State Buildings is Much Ado About Nothing

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Earlier battles in the wood wars, when the FSC Certified Wood credit was at the center of controversy, resulted in Congress halting funding of 2012 and 2013 Department of Defense LEED Gold and Platinum projects, lead Maryland and other states to enact laws and issue Executive Orders to not pursue the FSC Wood credit on government LEED projects, and (..)

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Resilient Flooring: The sustainable specification

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Is the goal to achieve certification from a green building rating system? • FloorScore certification for indoor environmental quality. Certification to NSF/ANSI 332 offers specifiers of resilient flooring the highest level of confidence in sustainability and transparency.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Texas is the top-ranked state in our new cyber growth potential standings, followed by Virginia, Louisiana, Maryland and Georgia in the top five. secured a $10 million Department of Defense contract to strengthen the cybersecurity of small businesses that work with manufacturers in Louisiana.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

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And we wrote in a blog post in 2019 about a claim some 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast in Maryland, Net Zero Lawsuit filed Against Home Builder. Done correctly our work for a client is also a defense of capitalism by limiting the need for future government regulation. The more likely and larger risk is certainly to reputation.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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3 Texas all exceeded 75 on the Index, followed by Maryland, Delaware, DC, Oregon, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia. defense department, with an additional $500 million in state and private investment. ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. The other states scored below 50, with half of them struggling to get past 25. Andrew Cuomo.

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