Green Building Law Update
JUNE 10, 2018
The change is significant for buildings pursuing LEED or Green Globes certification, for buildings with GSA or other government space leases tied to an ENERGY STAR score of 75, for buildings in cities with mandatory benchmarking, and for the more than 450,000 commercial properties that have an ENERGY STAR score.
Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
In 2007, the Destiny USA project qualified for $238 million in tax-free financing through the Green Bonds program. In exchange, Destiny USA promised to redevelop a brownfield site, use massive amounts of renewable energy, and get LEED certification for 75 percent of the project.
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Building Information Management
MAY 9, 2012
What is the Green Building Certification System? What is Federal government’s role in using sound science and peer-reviewed studies to evaluate and implement advanced building technologies? The GSA is chartered to lead high performance building efforts including Congressionally-mandated review of green building certification systems.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JULY 11, 2014
Deregulation of Commercial Lines: This law exempts qualified commercial insurance lines from specific state review requirements, including filing policy forms, casualty insurance rating requirements, and certificate of compliance requirements. Top Personal Income Tax Rate: Rhode Island’s top personal income tax rate is 5.99%.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
million in state and local performance-based grants (to assist IBM with facility lease costs, building operating costs; workforce recruitment, relocation and internal training costs; and payroll incentives). In 2007, the statewide economic impact from film was estimated at $242 million; by 2013 this had grown to $3.5
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
APRIL 15, 2014
The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. If applying for a transferable credit certificate, no more than half the credit may be applied in a single calendar year.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
which signed a major lease in June 2011 in Southwest Austin to establish a new R&D center. In 2007, Intel spent $1 billion to retool Fab11X to become Intel’s fourth factory for next generation, 45-nm technology; in 2009, Intel spent $2.5 Austin is also home to California chipmaker Altera Corp.,
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