Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 8, 2017

As you consider what’s “in” and what’s “out” in 2017, within the realm of green building, Passive House is in. You can come up to speed quickly at the North American Passive House Network annual convention on October 4-8, 2017 in Oakland, California. Pennsylvania offers tax credits for low income Passive House building.

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda. When Clark Ivory returned with his family to Salt Lake City from a three-year church mission in the eastern European countries of Moldova and Romania in 2017, he could have easily allowed Ivory Homes, the company founded by his father, Ellis, almost 50 years earlier, to continue without him.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Regular readers of this blog will know that the Greenbuild Conference and Expo is the world’s largest event dedicated to sustainable building. Possibly the most innovative product is Aquion’s aqueous hybrid ion “saltwater” battery. If the Expo is a good barometer of the state of green building green building is thriving.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 30, 2017

I am often asked, “how can I expand my green building business?” Nor can I promise you will find the balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence at Greenbuild, but Greenbuild has been a prime source of new clients for my sustainability and green building law practice (. And Greenbuild is sustainable.

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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

From the July/August 2017 Issue. A s the home to leading research in energy at Electric Power Research Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Y-12 National Security Complex, Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley has long been a mecca for renewable and alternative energy. By the BF Staff.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 Up to 20 AC Credits can be awarded for creative thinking and innovative techniques. The launch of RELi 2.0

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 but more than a year later, it has not been adopted anywhere. Many code officials have concluded the 2018 IgCC is not a good building code, green or otherwise. for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s By selectively bundling existing sustainable and regenerative guidelines with RELi’s groundbreaking credits for emergency preparedness, adaptation, and community vitality, RELi 2.0 Up to 20 AC Credits can be awarded for creative thinking and innovative techniques. The launch of RELi 2.0

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. Green Building Council’s LEED (the ubiquitous acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the most widely used green building rating system in the world, less than 1% of commercial buildings in the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 by the U.S. Green Building Council , International Code Council , ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society. the IgCC and the LEED green building program,” the ICC was only responsible for Chapter 1, Scope and Administration of the 2018 IgCC.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Green Building Council was no doubt the biggest story at Greenbuild 2017 in Boston last week. And that is saying a lot because Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building and there was much to be excited about in the aisles of the expo floor. by the U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 8, 2018

Numbers made available by the federal government depict that the cost of a typical rooftop solar installation fell more than 60% between 2010 and 2017 to $2.80 Bill 11-18 would require an environmentally sustainable roof on certain new and extensively modified non-residential or multi-family buildings.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 25, 2021

To shift to a sustainable trajectory, we need to massively step up investment in clean energy technologies—especially renewables and energy efficiency.”. In 2017 FPL purchased?the? In 2020, the company opened a first-of-its-kind innovation hub called 35 Mules. formally closed its last coal-fired?plant?in in Florida.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 9, 2020

Montgomery County, Maryland is on the cusp of being the first to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code. Montgomery County was among the first jurisdictions in the country, in 2008, to adopt a mandatory green building law for private building, requiring most new construction be LEED certified. But apparently not for long.

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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As more states struggle with extreme weather events, the 2017 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard gives state-level policymakers a road map for building stronger and more-resilient communities. The ACEEE 2017 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. Massachusetts broke its 2016 tie with California by holding on to the No.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 1, 2015

The Maryland legislature passed and last month Governor Larry Hogan signed into law House Bill 216 , now enrolled as Chapter 409, prohibiting the manufacture of a personal care product containing “synthetic plastic microbeads,” beginning December 31, 2017, and the sale of such a product beginning December 31, 2018.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

To assist those interested in making the journey, Pro Builder and the Pittsburgh-based Housing Innovation Alliance initiated a comprehensive “IC Road Map” with the help of a working group consisting of home builders, suppliers, researchers, and other industry experts. In more detail, those signposts are: Rethink and retool the process.

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CivilJungle

JANUARY 21, 2022

Environmental and Green Solutions. Our long lasting and smart solutions coupled with state of the art technology provides sustainable and convenient solutions. Innovation is the way of life for Ashirvad. Their commitment to quality, innovation, and the ecosystem has made Ashirvad win many awards and accolades. 1000 Liter.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 7, 2021

• Collaborator and co-author for award-winning project in the 2017 Global LafargeHolcim Awards. Secret Life • Graced with a green thumb, which she uses on her 500- square-foot produce garden. . . . Education • Green Building Certificate, Colorado State University. Homes of Distinction. Rogers, Ark. . . Cleveland. .

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Announcing the 2017 Builder of the Year: Thrive Home Builders. A lot of developers and municipalities have sustainability goals for new master plans and communities, he adds. Green Projects. Green Products. Innovation. We just can’t afford to do the same thing as everybody else.”. The Ultimate Z.E.N. A Fresh Look.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 5, 2014

So we’re opening this year’s annual global tour of the biotech/pharma industry with a look at Manchester’s remarkable development as one of the world’s leading centers for innovation, particularly in the realm of biohealth research. Then, it’s back to the U.S., In the UK, Manchester is a city of medical and technology pioneers.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JULY 23, 2013

“Not only does this announcement build on the success of South Carolina’s agribusiness sector, but it also creates new jobs that will help keep Mullins and the surrounding areas sustainable for years to come,” said Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt. COLLABORATION, INNOVATION IN WINSTON-SALEM.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 23, 2022

As described by Sofi Thanhauser in her new book, Worn, “by 2017, one garbage truck of clothes (5,787 pounds) was burned or sent to landfills every second.”. Over the last 15 years, clothing production worldwide more than doubled and during that period people bought 60% more garments than before but kept them, on average, only half as long.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 22, 2013

PARTNERS FOR INNOVATION: HESSEN RESEARCH FACILITIES WITH CORE COMPETENCE IN INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. The cluster CI3 works on innovative medicine that is exactly adjusted to the individual patient, who suffers, for example, from tumors or autoimmune diseases. The center of the cluster is based in Mainz. Berlin: Biotech Mega-Hub.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 28, 2014

We kept our eyes peeled for the essential DNA of a successful jobs-creation effort and innovative formulas for growth that deserve to be replicated. This year, we’ve selected five innovative programs to receive our awards for Achievement in Targeted Incentives. Any other fuel that is produced from a renewable or sustainable source.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 8, 2014

The Ben Franklin Technology Center of Central and Northern Pennsylvania was awarded a $750,000 Discovered in PA—Developed in PA (D2PA) grant to support the Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization project. The company estimates the line will be in service in 2017, with construction beginning next year in O’Brien County.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 18, 2013

The finalists for our new overall Economic Development Excellence awards were asked to prepare a detailed submission that summarized the most productive project development in their locations and gave our us an overview of the economic development strategy they have deployed to ensure sustained long-term growth.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 30, 2017

From the July/August 2017 Isssue. According to the Connecticut Department of Labor, the May 2017 unemployment rate for Connecticut was estimated at 4.9 percent (seasonally adjusted), unchanged from April 2017 and down four-tenths of a percentage point from a year ago. By the BF Staff. percent in 2016, was down 0.8

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

Alabama Innovation Fund: As part of the implementation of Accelerate Alabama, this fund was created to maximize the use of the State’s economic development resources by leveraging annual research and development expenditures by Public Universities within the State to generate resources which can be used to support economic development initiatives.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

The sites include the Greene and Sumter Renewal Community, made up of both counties, the Mobile Renewal Community, which includes Prichard and a section of east Mobile, and the Southern Alabama Renewal Community, which includes Wilcox County and parts of Butler, Conecuh, Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe and Perry Counties.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 5, 2019

Iowa’s certified sites can provide large square footage options for fast-tracked projects and offer interested developers multiple categories to fit their needs, including green business parks, industrial sites and mega sites (1,000 acres or more). Growth has been met with preparation by local leadership and citizens.

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