Green Building Law Update

MAY 22, 2016

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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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Green Building Council (USGBC) and Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced today the 11 projects selected for the 2014 Affordable Green Neighborhoods (AGN) grant program. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers'

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

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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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Baltimore City is poised to adopt a new zoning code that is among the most ''green building friendly'' land use ordinances in the country. A green building friendly zoning ordinance is significant when so many local codes including land use ordinances across the country stand in the way of sustainability efforts.

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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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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BD+C

MAY 16, 2014

Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced the opening of the application period for the expanded 2014 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program.

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BD+C

MAY 24, 2019

Green Building Council (USGBC) received a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America to support the LEED for Cities and Communities Program. USGBC and Bank of America launched the LEED for Cities and Communities grant program with six U.S. The money will be used to support LEED certification of 15 U.S. cities and communities.

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BD+C

MAY 16, 2014

Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced the opening of the application period for the expanded 2014 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program. read more'

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Constructonomics

AUGUST 14, 2012

My friend failed to explain exactly what she meant when she said she lived in a green house. I was thinking shades of green, not 20 watt light bulbs and a gravitational water supply that trickled at best. Three decades ago, going green was on the fringe. It might be time to revisit the myths about green living—I did.

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 28, 2015

Land Pride''s DB2660 Ditch Bank Rotary Cutter is built for either 540- or 1,000-rpm tractors.'

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The $578-million bond issue follows a successful decade-long run of so-called “green bonds” that have funded 160 projects tied to green energy.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Green Building. Bank lines of credit are lifelines for many contractors, yet convincing a bank to provide or renegotiate a line of credit is not easy. Building your case beforehand can certainly help and makes you look better in the eyes of the bank. Crunch the numbers – Banks like proactive business owners.

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BD+C

JULY 17, 2013

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) are collaborating to rapidly scale up the construction of green buildings in emerging markets. WorldGBC has agreed to connect its network of national green building councils to IFC’s investment and advisory program. read more.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

MAY 8, 2018

The building’s developer, Ben Kaiser, told Portland Monthly that getting everyone involved in the project on board with the wood construction—including banks, investors and contractors—was a challenge, but that the new material offered advantages. As Green Construction Grows, So Could Cross-Laminated Timber.

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Green Industry Professionals

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Bank of America has expanded its use of drought-tolerant landscaping and funded a $250,000 grant for drought research.'

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 28, 2019

TD Retail Card Services will continue to support Cub Cadet by providing consumer and commercial revolving credit financing.

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Construction Enquirer

APRIL 25, 2023

The investment bank also took part in the latest fundraising round. House builder Persimmon and institutional investor Aviva have each made a substantial investment in volumetric modular house builder. TopHat has been trading since 2016 with shareholders led by Goldman Sachs investing £130m in the business up to the latest fundraise.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

And you should really care because GRESB data is incredibly valuable not only for institutional investors in real estate on the East and West coasts of North America, but also for banks, brokerages and a host of others interested in risk and returns in a broader breadth of real estate owning entities. Green Building Council, Inc.

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Green Industry Professionals

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Toro’s HoverPro mower hovers above the surface of turf during operation, allowing it to reach hard-to-access areas.

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Natural Building

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. The Beyond Green High-Performance Building Awards. New Expert Panelist on Green Education. What a great way to participate in greening the way your electrical energy is produced!

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 15, 2009

High – Green building. According to the 2009 Green Building Survey , there was a surge in green building activity across all building types from 8/08 – 8/09. Our industry is just at the tip of the iceberg in better green building and business practices. Low – Chicago losing the 2016 Olympic bid.

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Green Industry Professionals

JANUARY 5, 2018

Fines totalling more than £150,000 handed down over use of private detectives to illegally obtain private banking records An insurance firm and two senior figures connected with the company have been given record fines for using private detectives to illegally obtain the private banking records of a businessman they were investigating.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Banks are beginning to use GRESB data in real estate lending. It is clear that the finance industry is embracing green building. Today GRESB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Business Certification Inc., Green Building Council. GRESB participants are an impressive list across 6 continents.

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Constructonomics

JANUARY 3, 2010

For what it’s worth, Bank of America has pledged to increase lending to small and medium sized businesses by at least $5 billion in 2010 and the rest of the banks better follow suit. I would think that banks are not making money if they are not lending, so they better start. Green, green, green, green, green.

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ENR Construction

MAY 28, 2019

The Bank of America recently gave the U.S. Green Building Council $500,000 to support LEED certification of 15 U.S. cities and communities.

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BD+C

DECEMBER 4, 2014

If built, it will span the Thames from the Temple tube station to the South Bank. The Mayor of London is the last person who needs to approve the bridge, and Londonist reports that he is in favor of its construction. Architects Cultural Facilities'

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Green Industry Professionals

AUGUST 20, 2014

How to ease cash flow challenges and grow your "small" landscape company by making it more bankable.'

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Numbers are hard to come by and made even more difficult during the pandemic, but a recent presentation to the World Bank estimated more than 2 Billion tonnes of solid waste (. Their ideas never scaled and much of their work was transferred to the Green Building Certification Inc., No company should claim to be Zero Waste.

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Stok

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When these risks are included in the market, the cost of not doing anything becomes enormous and cost of green capital decreases to appropriate market levels. Some provisions exist within the IRA for higher level tax credits for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in low-income and brownfield sites.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Photo courtesy Shepley Bulfinch Biophilic design and materiality Sustainable design is more than just a method for decreasing our impact on the world at large—our personal well-being is also positively affected by green design choices.

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BD+C

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Photo courtesy Shepley Bulfinch Biophilic design and materiality Sustainable design is more than just a method for decreasing our impact on the world at large—our personal well-being is also positively affected by green design choices.

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Pro Builder

APRIL 1, 2022

The cottages are planned in C-shaped clusters to provide private rear yards that back up to a common green court. Garages are detached and banked together at the end of the green court, which allows for much smaller lots, compact building footprints , and greatly reduced building costs.

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 7, 2021

Appraisers have a green appraisal guide, but it does not monetize the green features. Both the bank and the homeowner win because the bank loaned more money and the homeowner is less likely to default on the mortgage because their owning and operating costs are much lower.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 24, 2016

The concept is not new, but nationally, residential PACE programs generally have been put on hold or foregone as a result of concerns of HUD and the Federal Home Loan Banks, that issued a directive in February 2011 to refrain from purchasing mortgage loans secured by properties with outstanding first lien PACE obligations.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 20, 2016

Just in time for Earth Day, the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC celebrated the opening of its Green Energy Facility in Freetown, MA on April 15. The Stop & Shop Green Energy Facility is expected to process an average of 95 tons of inedible food per day, an estimated 34,000 tons per year. . Source: Stop & Shop/YouTube).

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 10, 2018

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. You have 75 days to act.

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Constructonomics

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The United States Green Building Council, a national non-profit organization, is credited by many for paving the way toward more responsible construction. The study did not look at any other green innovations, like improved insulation or energy recycling. Achieving these savings is not difficult.

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