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Green Buildings are Subsidizing Conventional Buildings Stymying Climate Progress

Green Building Law Update

Green building bonds, which are higher rated and could provide cheaper capital for green building projects, can correct the current market that prices mortgages, green building or nongreen, the same, stimulating the economy and repairing the planet. Mike Italiano, a founder of the U.S.

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A bank that doesn’t go far enough?

Construction Law

One thing that can be confidently said about the newly announced National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) is that it won’t be funding very much of the procurement of the UK’s national infrastructure. Adverse comparisons are being made with the scale of the European Investment Bank funding that has been lost post Brexit, which was some £5 Billion.

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HUD Jumpstarts PACE Financing for Homes

Green Building Law Update

Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs released new guidance, changing their previous positions, now widely allowing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. PACE loans can provide the capital to green the existing building stock.

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

Green Building Law Update

Regency Centers Corporation, a publicly traded REIT, completed the sale of $250 million of “green building bonds” on May 14, 2014. ” Only days before the green building bond sale, on May 12, 2014, Regency was honored by the U.S. Green building bonds are a new investment vehicle in the U.S.

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Can the EDGE Green Building System Save the Planet?

Green Building Law Update

EDGE, the acronym for “Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies” is a green building certification system for new residential and commercial buildings in emerging markets and developing countries. EDGE was created by the International Finance Corporation, one of five organizations that comprise the World Bank Group.

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Can the EDGE Green Building System Save the Planet?

Green Building Law Update

EDGE, the acronym for “Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies” is a green building certification system for new residential and commercial buildings in emerging markets and developing countries. EDGE was created by the International Finance Corporation, one of five organizations that comprise the World Bank Group.

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Will the New York Green Bank Spur Increased Energy-Efficiency Investing Outside of the State?

Construction Dive

What will be the nationwide impact, if any, of the New York Green Bank, a bank that opened for business earlier this month with a partial mission of stimulating private financing of energy-efficiency projects? ” Will it? Read more.'

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