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Greenbuild – The Target Rich Environment for Green People

Green Building Law Update

This year Greenbuild is in Atlanta from November 19 thru 22 with some of the best original programming on “disaster prep” (. last year the 15,373 attendees in Chicago dwarfed the first Greenbuild in 2002 when a mere 4,189 people gathered in Austin. I hope to see you in Atlanta in November. more than food prep).

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Los Angeles Tops EPA Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings

Business Facilities

District of Columbia, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Dallas round out top five, cutting energy costs while increasing efficiency, reducing emissions.

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

Green Building Law Update

This post is a compilation of the highlights from the just completed Greenbuild International Conference and Expo that took place last week in Chicago. It is a given that each year Greenbuild is “the” target rich environment for networking with others across the environmental industrial complex and for learning about what is new from the U.S.

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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

BD+C

By treating the city as a natural environment, we have the opportunity to soften its hardness, both literally and figuratively. In fact, companies increasingly view it as their responsibility to create these kind of environments, both for the health and well-being of their employees and for their communities.

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The impacts of affordability, remote work, and personal safety on urban life

BD+C

Our respondents come from cities in four global regions: North America (Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.),

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

Business Facilities

ATLANTA NO. Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX and Phoenix, AZ are the top-ranked large metros in this flagship category, respectively. Metro Atlanta, home to 15 Fortune 500 companies, has become a red-hot tech hub. The Atlanta MSA is the 10th-largest metro economy in the nation with a GDP of $385.5 1 IN GROWTH POTENTIAL.

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Understanding the different types of warehouses you can build

The Korte Company

Sensitive electrical equipment used in automated warehouses often requires a climate-controlled environment to operate at peak performance. An 82,114-square-foot Amazon Prime facility in Chicago, IL. A 64,404-square-foot facility in Atlanta, GA. Design must allow for the efficient movement of workers (both human and robotic).

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