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Maryland to Commit to World Economic Forum’s One Trillion Trees Initiative Tree Planting

Green Building Law Update

The bill will create business opportunities for savvy players in the environmental industrial complex, not only when it creates mandated government appropriations through 2031 that will have a net effect of $15 Million a year, but dramatically creating private sector opportunities in forest mitigation banking.

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Navigating Commercial Building Loan Landscape for Small Business

Wolgast Corporation

Navigating Commercial Building Loan Landscape for Small Business One of the essential components of business growth and sustainability is securing necessary financial resources. Having an established relationship with your commercial bank/lender is a big benefit when applying for a new building project or large expansion.

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Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything

Green Building Law Update

In a widely accepted definition, Zero Waste is, The conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.”. No company should claim to be Zero Waste.

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Phases of Commercial Real Estate Development

Construction Marketing

Developers must understand the various financing options, such as traditional bank loans, private equity, and government programs. Another factor that is becoming increasingly important in commercial real estate development is sustainability. You must secure financing for the project.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

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. million in the State budget for tree plantings on public and private land.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Community.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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3 Takeaways from Living Future 2021

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In “The UN and National Academy of Science Set Policies to Accelerate a Regenerative, Living Building Environment,” Scott Foster , Erin Rovalo , and Vivian Loftness outlined the critical role of the built environment in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals through U.S. A new report, Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S.