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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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While 100% electrification may not be feasible, a significant climate impact can be achieved with hybrid electrification that balances capital expenditure (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx) while providing flexibility for the future. This should be the primary motivation for any building asset’s drawdown strategy.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Inventory is exempt from property tax. CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014. The California Capital Access Program (CalCAP): Encourages participating banks and lending institutions to provide loans to small businesses that fall outside of conventional underwriting standards. Borrowers are limited to a maximum $2.5

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Loan proceeds are to be used for working capital, inventory, equipment purchase, and real property improvements but cannot be used for refinancing of existing debt or outstanding debt payments. CALIFORNIA. The research activity must be conducted in California to qualify for the credit. The program ends December 2016.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Texas also is home to six of the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 list, third only after New York and California. expansion and is its largest operations office in North America outside of its Menlo Park, California headquarters. And the U.S. The Austin office represents Facebook’s first major U.S. billion.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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CoFi is piloting a new modular construction financing program with Manufactured, an end-to-end inventory manufacturing & finance solution. Outreach Grid | Irvine, California Outreach Grid (OG) is a data platform that enables agencies across a region to collaborate and coordinate on homelessness information on one platform in one language.

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

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Projects with investments exceeding $17 million USD must submit a feasibility study to gain approval. In January, California-based WD CEO Timothy Martin Leyden announced a $200-million USD expansion for its operations in Thailand’s BangPa-in Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya Province, which I visited on March 5th.