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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

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LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. million existing commercial buildings in the United States today. million existing commercial buildings. greater than 80% exist in rented space within those existing commercial buildings. By Katie Stanford and Stuart Kaplow.

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NAR Study Says Years of Underbuilding to Blame for Housing Shortage

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NAR and the National Association of Home Builders, among others, predicted back in 2011 and 2012 that supply would be a problem by 2017. With the Federal Reserve Bank’s recent admission that inflation is rising faster than expected, mortgage interest rates are likely to follow, industry experts say. Read More. . Construction.

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Blockchain has come to U.S. Real Estate

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Blockchain technology is an industry disrupter on the cusp of improving transactions across all sectors and borders. Blockchain, a digitized, distributed ledger that records and shares information, could enable the real estate industry to address many of its ine?ciencies. It is suggested blockchain may do for the $217 trillion U.S.

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Automotive Industry Focus: Hitting On All Cylinders

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However, analysts say higher interest rates and a glut of cars coming off leases (which will crowd used-car lots with late-model vehicles available at discounts) could act as a damper on new-car sales. The industry’s seasonal adjusted annual selling pace fell to 17.3 That includes research and development for the industry’s future.

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Industry Focus: Aerospace Sector Is Flying High Again

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A return to growth will be healthy for innovation, product development and game-changing technology creation—a cornerstone of this industry.”. The smaller commercial aerospace subsector helped offset these losses with a 17 percent increase in jobs in the same period. million workers in 2014, and another 3.2 million indirectly.

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Maryland: Green Energy Institute Brings Innovation To Market

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From the September/October 2017 Issue. James Clark School of Engineering and the Maryland Clean Energy Center (MCEC)—will be to develop and attract private investment and commercialize clean energy innovations and deployment solutions in Maryland. Larry Hogan’s 2017 environmental agenda, which the governor unveiled in January.

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Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum

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“Fossil fuel people are starting to diversify, getting on the bandwagon with other energy sources,” says Jack Armstrong, a board member at Team Zero (formerly the Net Zero Energy Coalition), a group of industry stakeholders collaborating to bring broad industry-led national awareness of zero energy buildings. .