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20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity

Business Facilities

Green Building Council is expanding its LEED for Cities and Communities program with a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America. Read: 20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Navigating Commercial Building Loan Landscape for Small Business

Wolgast Corporation

We checked in with Steve Canole, Senior Vice President of 1 st State Bank, to find out the current commercial financing climate and if there are any changes, insight, or guidance our business owner clients should know to secure financing to fuel their growth. Cashflow and equity are still the primary factors a lender evaluates.

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3 Takeaways from Living Future 2021

Stok

Once again, Living Future 2021 convened a brilliant group of thought leaders and practitioners to discuss the intersection of climate, health, and equity in the built environment. 1: PUBLIC POLICY MUST ACCELERATE THE DECARBONIZATION OF THE U.S. ENERGY SYSTEM. A new report, Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S.

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

Business Facilities

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.

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Commercial Real Estate To See Moderate Growth In 2016

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The current environment of variable but generally improving growth in the developed world, alongside low interest rates and low inflation, is very supportive of consumers and commercial real estate markets,” said Richard Barkham, CBRE’s global chief economist. s 2016 Global Real Estate Market Outlook. Rents in EMEA are forecast to rise by 3.2

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Building With a Purpose: Exploring Construction Careers That Make a Difference

Fieldwire

Her goal is to foster equity in construction and encourage women to pursue their dreams in the field. However, organizations like the United Nations, the World Bank and others aim to bring solar power and stability to affected communities. won a National Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Excellence Award from ABC in 2023.

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Pulse: 07/30/2012

ENR Construction

Environment. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Michigan The Edgewater Group is planning to build Harbor Village, a mixed-use development within the Harbor Shares community, located along the north bank of the St. Lincoln Equities Group, 301 Route 17, Rutherford, N.J., Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation.