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FTC Settles Charges Over Deceptive Zero VOC Claims

Green Building Law Update

Four paint companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively promoted products as containing zero volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or as emission free, including during and immediately after application. The Commission vote to accept the consent agreements was 2-0. and ICP Construction Inc.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

On December 15, 2017, Congressional Leaders announced that the conferees appointed by both the House and the Senate reached an agreement to reconcile differences between the House’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “House Bill”) with the Senate’s version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and unveiled the text of a final bill (the “Tax Bill”).

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

In 2017 Sweden became the first nation to enshrine a ‘net zero by 2045’ target into law, but the law actually only requires 5 year reports on progress. Today, we are particularly cognizant of the fast evolving and changing dynamic between legal and technological factors that drive companies’ decision making processes. really?).

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

Green Building Law Update

The remainder of the code is the substantive content that is the 2017 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC Standard 189.1 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise. Sec 901.4.1.4. Sec 1001.3.2

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2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive

Green Building Law Update

The remainder of the code is the substantive content that is the 2017 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/ICC/USGBC Standard 189.1 Note, the 2017 edition of Standard 189.1 The reworked provisions for construction and plans for operation , now combined in chapter 10, are much more than systems commissioning. Sec 901.4.1.4. Sec 1001.3.2

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The increase is to occur in equal increments over a four year period, between 2014 and 2017. percent, between 2014 and 2017. Commercial Property: Reduced by 10 percent, the commercial property assessment ratio will be 18 percent by 2017. FOREIGN TRADE ZONES (FTZs): Secured areas legally outside of U.S. percent down to 4.9

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