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Model Sustainability and Green Building Initiatives for a More Verdant City and Town

Green Building Law Update

Bill 9-14 would require that 50% of the County''s electric power usage be supplied with renewable energy by Fiscal Year 2015 and 100% by 2020. Bill 10-14 would require the County to implement an expedited review process for permits to install rooftop solar photovoltaic systems and charge reduced fees for those permits.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels. But the retail rate is at an actual loss to the monopoly utility. It is not good energy policy.

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Promoting Electric Vehicles as Environmental Policy or Corporate Welfare

Green Building Law Update

While Maryland offers non-monetary incentives such as priority parking and high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane access regardless of the number of occupants (when displaying an HOV permit on the vehicle), it is the dollar cost and source of funds for that public policy that is now drawing attention.

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Housing and the 2020 Presidential Election

Pro Builder

If Trump is re-elected, Howard thinks his second term should focus more on housing affordability via deregulation, with a particular eye toward helping first-time buyers through income tax credits for homeownership—a policy favored by NAHB. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s funding by $8.6 The 2020 U.S.

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North Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Income tax rates for all taxpayers will be lowered to a uniform rate of 5.8% in 2014 and 5.75% in 2015. The corporate income tax will be reduced to 6% in 2014 and 5% in 2015. If the state meets revenue targets, the corporate income tax will drop to 4% in 2016 and 3% in 2017.

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The Strawtegi CO2ttage in Salt Lake City

Natural Building

The Strawtegi CO2ttage broke ground in October, 2021, as the first permitted structure in the U.S. In 2015, 150 natural builders from all over the world gathered to demonstrate their skills, new projects, and emerging technologies. insulated with dense-packed chopped straw. She studied Chris Magwood’s book on building straw panels.

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Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Additionally, the engineer hired receives a tax credit of $5,000 per year until January 1, 2015. . Legislation enacted in 2013 extends the one-time income tax credit for investments in qualified clean burning motor vehicle property from 2015 to 2020 and is effective November1, 2013. Clean Burning Fuel Vehicle Credit 
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