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Model Sustainability and Green Building Initiatives for a More Verdant City and Town

Green Building Law Update

Bill 7-14 would create a preference for a certified green business in the County''s procurement of goods and services. Bill 9-14 would require that 50% of the County''s electric power usage be supplied with renewable energy by Fiscal Year 2015 and 100% by 2020. County Green LEED Local Government Sustainability building v4'

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For First Time, San Francisco Lands Top Spot In Clean Energy Rankings

Business Facilities

San Francisco took top honors in ACEEE's 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard, followed by Seattle; Washington, DC; Minneapolis; and Boston and New York. The post For First Time, San Francisco Lands Top Spot In Clean Energy Rankings appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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California Leads In Electric Grid Modernization

Business Facilities

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). assesses and ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based upon the degree to which they are moving toward a modernized electric grid.

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LEED Creates Business Opportunities Beyond The Environmental Industrial Complex

Green Building Law Update

Savvy business people are finding opportunities to profit in matters ancillary to green building, including opportunities advantaged by providing services that contribute to LEED credits. LEED green business' A great example is snow removal. There are very real opportunities to have a role in the more than 1.7

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Rare Earth Metal Theft by Catalytic Converter

Green Building Law Update

Curiously, the largest quantity of rare earth metals in a Toyota Prius hybrid is in the magnets in its electric motor, second are the car’s dashboard electronics and only third, its catalytic converter, which is among the most stolen in the U.S. The pollution control devices have been required in the U.S.

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Demand Response Needs a Mulligan

Green Building Law Update

Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. Specifically, on May 23, 2014, in Electric Power Supply Association v. And we know they won’t be run from Washington DC.

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Demand Response Needs to a Mulligan

Green Building Law Update

Circuit Court of Appeals has nullified the retail electric market Demand Response programs governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, putting a chink in the armor of the new EPA carbon curbs. Specifically, on May 23, 2014, in Electric Power Supply Association v. And we know they won’t be run from Washington DC.