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Congress Creates Tenant Star But Does Little Else

Green Building Law Update

The bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require the Department of Energy to “study” the feasibility of improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction of spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures. Such is close enough for government work.

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Revit OpEd: YUZU Site Measuring

Revit OpEd

The software boils down to these concepts: Defining Levels and Lease holders and then using 5 different tools to deal with measurements: Distance, Ortho, Offset, Rectangle and Triangle. ► 2007. (77). ► December 2007. (1). ► November 2007. (7). ► October 2007. (5). ► September 2007. (4).

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HOW TO GROW YOUR FIRM IN THIS “SUDDENLY BETTER” ECONOMY

PSMJ Resources

Lock in your space lease rate for 10 years 5. INVENT new consulting ‘products’ to help your clients with other aspects of their business 3. Things will probably NEVER be like they were in 2007 again….Our Make that ACQUISITION you’ve been debating about….do do it NOW while prices are still low 3.

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Leading Sustainable (Green / LEED) Construction & Design Firms

C-School

Bovis Lend Lease 94 2,937 3.2. KPFF Consulting Engineers 60 853 7.0. Source: 2007 Giants 300 survey. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 110 1,280 8.6. NBBJ 109 728 15.0. Arup 105 8,500 1.2. Swinerton Inc. 103 1,280 8.0. DMJM H&N 96 1,297 7.4. Callison 92 638 14.4. Moseley Architects 87 227 38.3. Webcor Builders 87 — —.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

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 MMK Consulting.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Recycled Houses

Natural Building

Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design. May 16, 2007. Another late twentieth century vintage home of about 800 square feet came from property leased from the Federal government and the house needed to be moved. View my complete profile. Papercrete Patents.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

In an effort to continue this success, GSA is evaluating the building rating tools at its disposal, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry.