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Materials Shortages in Construction: Catapulting a Sustainability Revolution?

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According to the US Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index, construction material prices are increasing significantly causing additional pressures on existing project revenues. When it comes to construction, are we at a tipping point towards necessitating sustainable solutions for good?

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Massachusetts Holds On To Top Energy Efficiency Ranking

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Massachusetts broke its 2016 tie with California by holding on to the No. As Massachusetts continues to make historic investments and progress in clean energy development, energy efficiency remains the most cost-effective method of reducing ratepayer costs and lowering greenhouse gas emissions,” said Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker. “As

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Massachusetts Most Energy-Efficient State; Mississippi Most Improved

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Ernest Moniz, along with a top elected official of a state, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Available online at [link] , the State Scorecard shows that the top 10 states for energy efficiency are: Massachusetts, California, New York, Oregon, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Maryland, and Illinois. Far West U.S. -

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Insulation in the extreme

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This article considers insulations’ role in commercial roofs and other areas of the enclosure subject to extreme demands. As interest in sustainable roofs continues to grow, ordinances are beginning to show change and other ways to further reduce buildings’ impact on the environment must also be considered.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

is significant because it is widely suggested, just as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is now standard practice in nearly every commercial real estate transaction in this country, that in the future the same will be true of a resilience assessment. trillion for Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with $1.9 The launch of RELi 2.0

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

is significant because it is widely suggested, just as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is now standard practice in nearly every commercial real estate transaction in this country, that in the future the same will be true of a resilience assessment. trillion for Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with $1.9 The launch of RELi 2.0

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Criminal Conviction in Trade Secret Theft of the Wind

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.” (m) On or about October 25, 2011, SINOVEL and ZHAO HAICHUN copied and caused to be copied the software compiled from the stolen and modified AMSC PM3000 source code into a wind turbine in Charlestown, Massachusetts. With apologies to John le Carré, you will enjoy reading the complete Grand Jury charges here.

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