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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

Additionally, the bill establishes a Commission for the Innovation and Advancement of Carbon Markets and Sustainable Tree Plantings charged with developing a plan to achieve the State’s carbon mitigation goals. The Commission is tasked with examining issues of “environmental justice” and sustainable communities for all Marylanders.

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BIM Glossary Terms and Definitions – NBIMS-US – 2013

Building Information Management

IFC Certification Procedure (IFC 4×4**). Certification testing is a process for testing software’s conformance with a given IFC release specification and its subsets, defined as views. In 2010 buildingSMART developed the new IFC Certification 2.0 In 2010 buildingSMART developed the new IFC Certification 2.0

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Historic Church Appeals to Higher Authority in Solar Dispute

Green Building Law Update

The First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist church has appealed from a decision of the Historic District Commission of the Town of Bedford that denied First Parish’s application for a certificate of appropriateness to install solar panels on its Meetinghouse roof. Until 1954 the roof shingles were wooden.

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Rhode Island Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Rhode Island Historical and Preservation Heritage Commission Low-Interest Loans : The Historical Preservation Loan Fund is available to preserve properties listed on the State Register of Historic Places by providing low-interest loans to public, non-profit, or private owners. Thereafter, the rate will be 1.67%.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Updated May 9, 2001. It is anticipated that the Draft EIR will be brought before the Planning Commission for certification in March 2013. The key to that positive change resides in the same place in California it did in North Dakota—buried more than a mile underground in the middle of a huge shale deposit.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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THE ARIZONA COMPETITIVENESS PACKAGE (HB 2001) is a brand new incentive package which includes the following new incentive programs and updates: QUALITY JOBS TAX CREDIT PROGRAM: Provides Arizona income tax credits for companies creating new jobs and investing in Arizona. be at least 21 years old and have no criminal record.

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