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Maryland Vetoes Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Increase

Green Building Law Update

vetoed an increase in the State’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard that would have resulted in higher electricity prices across the State. The legislation has been characterized as a “tax increase” to be levied upon every electricity ratepayer in Maryland. of their total electric supply into Maryland.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Maryland’s Renewable Portfolio Standard was enacted in 2004 to facilitate a transition to renewable sources of energy. House Bill 1246 (passed) expands the existing qualified plug-in electric vehicle excise tax credit by increasing to $6.0 The bill also extends tax credit eligibility to qualified fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

Business Facilities

Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) Program was created in 1934 with the goal of helping businesses in the U.S. According to the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ), in 2014, goods exported directly from U.S. The value of shipments into zones totaled nearly $660 billion, compared with $798 billion the previous year.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

Improves export consistency of Space and Zone elements when multiple elements have the same name and number. Electrical Panel Load Calculations. ► 2004. (2). ► December 2004. (1). ► November 2004. (1). Improves stability when Fixed Distance option for a divided path. ▼ 2012. Due Diligence.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

At least 65 percent of these funds will be provided for expansion of the Computer Science Division of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at LSU. Houston (Zone 84) and El Paso (Zone 68) also shined in BF’s new ranking of top Foreign Trade Zones. degrees in computer science awarded annually.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

One of Pittsburgh’s top regional strengths is its Information and Communications (ICT) industry, which includes nearly 1,600 ICT firms with more than 26,000 employees and 6,000 computer and electrical engineers. billion Tres Amigas Superstation, which will link the nation’s three major electricity grids. In the past decade, nearly $1.8

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

The essence of my response via email: HVAC Zones are meant to combine spaces into larger more coherent collections for engineering purposes. I have recently had to use room separation lines as the only way to create rudimentary FM schedules to allocate users and equipment to a desk/zone. Aaron Maller. Thanks for the comments all!

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