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PACE Bill Due in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

PACE loan programs, where payments for energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements to real estate are made through a building owner’s property tax bill are gaining acceptance nationally including being implemented across Maryland. Maryland is typical.

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ESG Disclosure Simplification Act Passes Committee But Will Fail

Green Building Law Update

Numbers are difficult to quantify but one of the world’s largest investment banks, based in Europe, has said that by 2020 it expects half of assets managed by investment companies to have expressed ESG considerations. In the realm of securities disclosures it is often not enough to be correct.

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PACE Programs are Stepping Up the Pace

Green Building Law Update

Maryland is more typical with a state enabling law passed in 2014, with SB 186 , and local laws on the books in Montgomery County and Anne Arundel County, with at least one lender, Greenworks Lending , on board, but no PACE loans actually made yet. There were not similar concerns expressed about commercial loans.

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Pulse: 08/13/2012

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Maryland Hensel Phelps Construction Co. has started construction of the Social Security Administration data center in Urbana. Gulf Oil Spill. -->. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. -->. Safety & Health. Project Delivery.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

Business Facilities

A central element of the public-private partnership that secured the IBM center is the construction of a mixed-use, riverfront complex that will be developed by Commercial Properties Realty Trust (CPRT), a real estate investment trust that manages and develops property holdings of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF).

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

focused on mobile, security and business operations software). Here are just a few examples that illustrate how 21st-century renewable energy initiatives are transforming what was a 20th-century steel hub: on the banks of the Buffalo River, one of the largest solar panel factories in the U.S. The power industry is in transition.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Site operator Infraserv Höchst offers services with regards to secondary processes; for example, they provide the companies with raw materials on-site, do the facility management and run site security. The medical field is taking advantage of Luxembourg’s IT infrastructure and its expertise in data security. Department of Agriculture.

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