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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

Green Building Law Update

Proceeds from these corporate bonds will be used to fund “eligible green building projects” including the acquisition, construction, development or redevelopment of projects that will pursue LEED certification. Green Bonds Kaplow LEED Sustainability green building' million square feet located throughout the United States.

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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It wasn’t as bad as 2009, but not as good as 2008. While sustainable construction was a hot button in 2010 office construction, green retail and restaurant construction did not gain as much traction. But in the meantime it seems like the line on sustainable retail and restaurant construction isn’t “no” but “not now.”.

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STATEMENT OF KEVIN KAMPSCHROER DIRECTOR OFFICE OF FEDERAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDINGS OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTWIDE POLICY U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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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.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

Today there are only 3,392 LEED CI 2009 projects. That Gold opportunity is because LEED v4 is a significant upgrade to the LEED 2009 version of the rating systems. CI v4 MRc1: Long Term Commitment can be achieved simply by signing a 10 year or longer lease. In the earlier version, there are only 1,328 LEED CI 2.0

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

Which at first blush might appear to not necessarily a bad thing, given that the IgCC, first published in 2009, has only been adopted, in whole, but mostly in part, in maybe 17 jurisdictions, out of the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the U.S., On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2

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2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive

Green Building Law Update

Which is not necessarily a bad thing, given that the IgCC, first published in 2009, has only been adopted, in whole, but mostly in part, in maybe 17 jurisdictions, out of the more than 4,400 code adopting jurisdictions across the U.S. On the very first page of the site sustainability provisions, sec 501.3.1.2 Sec 901.4.1.4.

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

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In 2009, Kansas City’s tech company population jumped by 5 percent to 2,900—a faster growth rate than established tech hubs such as Silicon Valley, Boston and Austin, the report said, citing a 2010 study by the TechAmerica Foundation. Ceva will be the ninth company in the KBA facility, which is 80 percent leased.