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Pennsylvania is First State to offer Tax Credit for Passive House

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Pennsylvania is the first state to offer tax credits for low income Passive House building. Applications submitted under the PennHOMES and low income housing tax credit program are scored and ranked in accordance with a numerical criteria. “Maximize your gains, minimize your losses” summarize the approach.

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Pennsylvania Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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For a list of Pennsylvania economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide. Global Access Program (GAP): (newpa.com/gap) Designed to enhance the capability of small to mid-sized Pennsylvania companies to increase export sales.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

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Those design principles were systematized by Bo Adamson and Wolfgang Feist, who founded the Passive House Institute (Passivhaus Institut) in 1996 in Darmstadt, Germany. Pennsylvania offers tax credits for low income Passive House building. Pennsylvania offers tax credits for low income Passive House building.

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After Sandy: New Report Looks At Mitigating Climate Change Through Land Use

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On infrastructure, technology and capacity: Design protective infrastructure to do more than protect. Allow partial compliance and mitigation measures in order to create flexibility in insurance premiums for low-income households and small businesses. Mid Atlantic Climate change Infrastructure Superstorm Sandy ULI'

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Cover Story: Global Biotech Report

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Our itinerary includes the new Biosciences Training Center, now under construction in Georgia, and a look at the Life Sciences Greenhouses in Pennsylvania, which nurture the seedlings of innovation until they’re ready to blossom into commercial use. percent tax rate for patent income). Then, it’s back to the U.S.,

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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These Innovation Centers will design and deliver IT that drives down the cost of ongoing operations while continuously increasing the level and speed at which innovative products and services are available to our GM customers.”. URBAN OUTFITTERS DECIDES TO DOUBLE DOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages. Congress had the potential to spur economic development from coast to coast: we’re talking about the new federally designated Opportunity Zones that were created by the Tax Reform and Jobs Act that was enacted into law in December 2017.