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Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously

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The change is significant for buildings pursuing LEED or Green Globes certification, for buildings with GSA or other government space leases tied to an ENERGY STAR score of 75, for buildings in cities with mandatory benchmarking, and for the more than 450,000 commercial properties that have an ENERGY STAR score.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

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a homeowner with leased photovoltaic panels on their roof) in southern Nevada by approximately $623 per year, having the effect of increasing electricity costs for the many (including disproportionately, the poor).

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

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The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme. 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.

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Wyoming Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The business must provide a bank “letter of credit” to guarantee payment of the bonds. Manufacturing Sales Tax Exemption: The sales tax burden is exempt on the sale or lease of machinery to be used in the State of Wyoming directly and predominately in manufacturing tangible personal property.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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One of Pittsburgh’s top regional strengths is its Information and Communications (ICT) industry, which includes nearly 1,600 ICT firms with more than 26,000 employees and 6,000 computer and electrical engineers. Ceva will be the ninth company in the KBA facility, which is 80 percent leased. Another Green Grid Initiative is the $1.5

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

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The device is based on dried blood spot (DBS) technology, which is best known for newborn screening and has many additional commercial uses for clinical trials, bio-banking, population studies and a wide range of medical research. New restaurants included Ruggles Green, Guru Burgers & Crepes and BLU.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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GSA is ahead of schedule in reducing its potable water and electricity use. If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. 2 B Green Profitably. Alabama Green Building Solutions & SLS Construction.