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Phases of Commercial Real Estate Development

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Developers must understand the various financing options, such as traditional bank loans, private equity, and government programs. This phase includes determining the project’s scope, selecting materials, and determining the necessary permits and approvals. You must secure financing for the project.

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The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation - Baltimore?

Green Building Law Update

Last month, the City Planning Commission approved a draft Code focusing on sustainability recommending adoption by the City Council. · Community-based alternative energy systems are a permitted and conditional use in all zoning districts. · Community-Managed Open Space is now a permitted use in most zoning districts.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

The bills require a person to demonstrate, before a payment is made into the funds, that appropriate credits generated by a forest mitigation bank in the same county or watershed are not available. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Stormwater and Flood Management. Surface Mining.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland Attorney General recently issued an opinion concluding that the placement of a protective easement on an already existing forest, as opposed to intentionally created or restored forest, does not qualify for forest mitigation banking. Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Change, and Tree Planting.

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QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits | ENR.

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Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. QR Codes Unlocking Secrets of NYC Building Permits. New York City building permits are sprouting up with QR codes that instantly unlock vast amounts of project information. It is now nearing the issuance of its 200,000th building permit with a QR code. Gulf Oil Spill. -->.

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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. And Nevada is not alone, Hawaii cut its net metering rate by half in October.

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Tapping LA’s Rooftop Solar Potential Could Benefit City’s Most Disadvantaged Communities

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Prior studies commissioned by the LABC Institute have concluded that Los Angeles has 10,000 acres of rooftop solar potential, enough to support a FIT far larger than the 600 megawatt program recommended in the study released from the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.