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Digital Builder Ep 38: Strategies for Reusing Construction Waste

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The project received the Living Building Challenge certification in 2021 by meeting rigorous sustainability standards. The Kendeda project also prioritized equity by providing job opportunities for community members who were struggling to find work. This creative solution also saved the project money.

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USGBC Wants You to Comment on the Next Version of LEED

Green Building Law Update

have been criticized for not going far enough to address, and will almost certainly find their way into the next generation rating system, it is social equity and matters of occupant health. could become the foundation of LEED certification. But if there are two issues that LEED v4 and v4.1

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Tapping LA’s Rooftop Solar Potential Could Benefit City’s Most Disadvantaged Communities

Business Facilities

Prior studies commissioned by the LABC Institute have concluded that Los Angeles has 10,000 acres of rooftop solar potential, enough to support a FIT far larger than the 600 megawatt program recommended in the study released from the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), working with other state agencies, offers a Career Readiness Certificate to potential employees. Through the Career Readiness Certificate program, potential employees are evaluated and tested so that your business can identify and qualify the most skilled workers.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Led by the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (RF SUNY), the photonics institute involves a consortium of 124 partners, including 55 companies, across 20 states. ACHIEVEMENT IN SITE CERTIFICATION. We have two winners for this year’s award for Achievement in Site Certification: Indiana Economic Development Corp.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2023

Autodesk Construction Cloud

She prioritizes building cohesive teams— with solid communication, teamwork, and trust at their foundation—that continue to execute at the highest level for some of the Pacific Northwest Region's most complex work. He's also passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and is a member of Webcor's black ERG, The Collective.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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The allocation to each Public University which makes application shall be based on each Public University’s federally financed research and development expenditures as reported by the National Science Foundation. If applying for a transferable credit certificate, no more than half the credit may be applied in a single calendar year.

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