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COVER STORY: 2012 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Our judging panel, including leading site selection consultants, evaluates the overall impact of the project and assesses the effectiveness and innovation of the location’s approach to landing the deal. The new plant will be a green facility—it is expected to meet LEED Construction Certification environmental standards.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ALASKA GROWTH CAPITAL: Provides financing to nontraditional borrowers/businesses that use innovative technology, are in rural Alaska and are minority-owned. ARIZONA INNOVATION ACCELERATOR FUND: An $18.2 This is an innovative new program that will help strengthen local supply networks and sectors. See www.gaworkready.org.

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5 Themes for the Future of High Performance Buildings

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As noted above, operational emissions account for a large majority of a building’s carbon footprint over its entire life, so we must continue to simultaneously home in on innovative operational carbon reduction strategies. As the saying goes, “as goes Berkeley, so goes California, and so goes the country.” Evan Reis from the U.S.