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Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum

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From community solar installations to a push in some municipalities for all-electric building codes, interest in solar keeps growing. The power comes from 688,360 solar panels across 870 acres just north of town that provide electricity to the entire community. Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum.

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Students Build Net Zero House in Colorado

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When they toured the Solar Decathlon showcase in Denver in 2017 they wondered why wasn’t CU involved? While the house is still on the electrical grid at night, excess solar energy captured during the day is sold back to the local power company, so overall, it is net positive. photo: Nathaniel Hottenstein. photo: Casey A.

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Desert Comfort: Next-Gen HVAC and Indoor Air Quality

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“When we improve building performance, we often have a problem properly sizing the HVAC systems because many of them aren’t available small enough,” says Mark LaLiberte, founder of Construction Instruction , the Denver-based building science consultancy that is overseeing the project. Instead, LaLiberte chose a Mitsubishi Electric 3.5-ton

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. The facility also produces electric and composite products and is the primary global services and support center for Boeing’s rotorcraft.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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DMDII currently works with over 300 academic, government and industry partners such as Dow, General Electric (GE), Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Microsoft, to name a few. “A We have low costs of doing business, our corporate income tax rate is the lowest in New England, the quality of life is high and cost of living is relatively low.”.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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VW is ramping up production at its new plant in Chattanooga, Nissan is rolling out the all-electric Leaf in Smyrna and General Motors has given a new mission to the former Saturn plant in Spring Hill. billion in Federal individual income taxes, and $1.9 billion in state individual income taxes. Deloitte estimates that the U.S.

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Housing, Industrialized: Designing for Off-Site

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Before we submit anything to the building department, we know how the house is going to be built,” says Donald Carpenter, VP of product development at Oakwood Homes , in Denver, which incorporated panelization 20 years ago. Not so in a factory. That way, we’re not having to cut into panels to make something fit.” near Pittsburgh.

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