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Avian-friendly glass: A clear and present solution for birds

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Oakland followed just two years later, and since then more California municipalities have adopted bird-friendly requirements. The solution is architectural glass designed specifically to work with avian eyesight, making it more readily recognizable as a solid obstacle. Initiatives are now under way in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

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Those design principles were systematized by Bo Adamson and Wolfgang Feist, who founded the Passive House Institute (Passivhaus Institut) in 1996 in Darmstadt, Germany. You can come up to speed quickly at the North American Passive House Network annual convention on October 4-8, 2017 in Oakland, California.

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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

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VERGE 18 | Oakland, CA. #1: Workplaces have moved from private office to cubicle to open office and now to a mix of all kinds of spaces that cater to every individual’s varying needs, all at the highest level of sustainable and human-centric design – and people still aren’t coming into the office to work.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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as well as co-working space such as Revv Oakland, Beauty Shoppe and StartUptown. The plan, announced July 2012, designates 17 solar energy zones totaling about 285,000 acres of public lands as priority areas for utility-scale solar development. Apple is in line to receive $21 million as part of the state’s business incentives program.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. SALES & USE TAX ABATEMENTS: Taxes on construction-related transactions, pollution control devices are exempt from sales and use taxes.

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