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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The 32 new laws compiled below add to that regulatory scheme. Styrofoam is actually a registered trademark of Dow Chemical Company and is a brand generally used in industrial settings for building materials and pipe insulation. This post is a review of key environmental bills passed this session. Climate Change and Renewable Energy.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme. The Governor must formally pledge the State’s commitment to achieving the bill’s tree planting goals through the World Economic Forum’s One Trillion Trees Initiative. million in the State budget for tree plantings on public and private land.

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Federal Facilities – Implementation of Energy Savings Projects and Performance-Based Contracting for Energy Savings

Building Information Management

How will your Federal Department or Agency efficiently implement the numerous facility renovation, repair, and sustainability project required to meet Presidential energy conservation mandates? The Federal Government owns and operates nearly 3 billion square feet of Federal building space.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

As the 21st century dawned, the looming reality of climate change added new urgency to efforts to move from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives. fracking) have unlocked vast deposits of natural gas (and new oil reserves) from deep underground formations of shale across North America, enabling the U.S. Since 2008, the U.S.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

After all of the hard times we’ve all been through together in recent years, we’re very pleased that we’re still here to deliver this to you and you’re still here to read it. When the Great Recession hit, most of our rankings categories were configured to give you a static snapshot of the leaders in job-creation.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Our 2016 awards include recognition for the locations that have led the way in smart-grid modernization, innovative funding for infrastructure projects, renewable energy breakthroughs and new tools for supporting startups and entrepreneurs. PennDOT awarded the project to a new consortium, Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners (PWKP).

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