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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

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This could potentially be incentivized by baking it into recycling facility certification requirements. As outlined in a session on sustainable and healthy workspaces , employers want lower costs, shorter lease terms, fewer commitments, a shift from fixed to variable costs, talent attraction and retention, and increased flexibility.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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The federal Bureau of Land Management, which has subsurface mineral rights for much of the Monterey shale field, in December sold about 15 leases for thousands of acres of potential shale development in California. It is anticipated that the Draft EIR will be brought before the Planning Commission for certification in March 2013.

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. City of San Antonio, Office of Environmental Policy. Is LEED cost effective?

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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The Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship covers tuition for Kentucky students enrolling in nearly 1,000 certificate and degree programs in five, high-demand sectors. The company’s lease of the Hackensack building expired on June 30th, 2017. The firm has laboratory, production and warehouse operations in Hackensack and Teterboro.

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The Opportunity for ENERGY STAR

Green Building Law Update

million homes and more than 25,000 commercial buildings carry Energy Star certification. Several cities even have mandatory reporting requirements that certain privately owned commercial buildings report energy usage to the government using Energy Star, including Washington, DC , Seattle , and San Francisco. More than 1.6

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The principal and interest on the bonds are paid solely from the funds derived from leasing or selling the facilities to the user company. The program offers the following incentives: Transaction Privilege Tax Exemption (TPT Exemption) on purchased qualifying equipment and leased or rented qualifying equipment. TAX EXEMPTIONS.

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