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Green Buildings are Subsidizing Conventional Buildings Stymying Climate Progress

Green Building Law Update

Green building bonds, which are higher rated and could provide cheaper capital for green building projects, can correct the current market that prices mortgages, green building or nongreen, the same, stimulating the economy and repairing the planet. Mike Italiano, a founder of the U.S.

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Understanding the Construction Connection

Construction Marketing

Equity REITs own and operate income-generating real estate properties, while mortgage REITs invest in mortgages and other real estate debt instruments. Green buildings, for example, use energy-efficient systems and sustainable materials, resulting in lower operating costs and increased tenant demand.

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Household Energy Usage Increases Due to Pandemic, Energy Mortgages May Help

Pro Builder

But energy or “green” mortgages could address the increase in energy usage while increasing a home’s value and affordability. Green Design. Green Projects. Midday consumption rose by 35%, mainly due to telecommuting, the desire for more rooms to supplement business closures, such as exercise rooms. Read More. .

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Does Super Committee’s Failure Fail the Green Industry?

Green Industry Professionals

NEWS FLASH: The bipartisan Congressional Debt Committee has failed to reach a compromise. Where do we go from here, and what implications are there for the Green Industry? Where do we go from here, and what implications are there for the Green Industry? Can you believe it?! Whatchoo talkin bout, Wartgow?!).

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Generation Z Is Choosing Trade School over College

Green Industry Professionals

With the job market in flux, younger Americans are trying to avoid an education that comes with massive debt.

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HUD Jumpstarts PACE Financing for Homes

Green Building Law Update

PACE loans can provide the capital to green the existing building stock. This change in Federal policy can jumpstart green building in the U.S. What is huge is that the HUD and VA block is now lifted on residential PACE financing for energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements to homes.

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SEC Charges Mining Company with Misleading Investors in its ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

While allegedly concealing the environmental and economic risks posed by its dam, Vale misled investors and raised more than $1 billion in our debt markets while its securities actively traded on the NYSE.”. The SEC’s complaint, filed in U.S.

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