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An Off-Grid Electric Hot Tub

Natural Building

I started out building hot-air solar collectors and designing root cellars with sunspaces on top. For those designs, I fed air to the root cellar via a 50-foot ground tube. ” “But how to run a hot tub in an off-grid campground with a 7-year-old, 150-amp-hour battery bank? Clearly, I needed more PV and battery power.”

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PACE Programs are Stepping Up the Pace

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Energy says that there are active commercial PACE programs in at least 9 states and DC and enabling laws enacted or programs in development in another 23 states. Department of Energy assures that the earlier expressed concerns were specific to single family home mortgage lending.

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Tetra Tech buys three

PSMJ Resources

based in Washington, DC, an international consulting and training firm that advises government and private sector clients on public-private partnership structures for infrastructure development. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, and government and private clients in emerging markets around the world.

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Toyota Moving North American Headquarters to Plano, TX; Generating 4,000 Jobs

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Toyota Financial Service’s regional offices, sales offices, service centers and its bank. Calty Design Research facilities. Toyota will also continue to maintain offices in the New York City area and Washington, DC. Operating units in Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Toyota InfoTechnology Center. Toyota Racing Development.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

Semiconductor companies in Austin include chip designers Intel, IBM, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and chip manufacturers Freescale Semiconductor, Samsung and Spansion. We are committed to helping make that future a reality,” the bank said. The bank will direct half of the $100 million in loans and grants to community projects.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on the city for South by Southwest (SXSW), a nine-day stretch of festivals and conferences designed to highlight the hottest new entrants in the world of music, film and technology. serves the world’s most innovative electronics companies with analog and digital semiconductor design.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

Washington, DC 20417. 2M Design Consultants, Inc. Bank of America. Bork Architectural Design, Inc. BRC Acoustics & Audiovisual Design. Catherine Hall Designs, LLC. Chapman Construction / Design. Design AVEnues LLC. Diversified Design Group LLC. July 25, 2012. One Constitution Square.