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The Travel & Tourism Game

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Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. billion) and Retail ($109.6 Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. By the BF Staff.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

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In fact, officials of New York City are beginning to re-examine its zoning to ensure green spaces and parks are accessible and equitably distributed throughout the urban landscape. It also creates a new building zone called the ‘mid-doors,’ a term coined recently by Transsolar’s Erik Olsen, in his series “What is Indoors?”

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Chase Center LEED Gold Certification: Q&A with Sustainability Team

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That, combined with a very complex set of HVAC systems to serve the wide range of space types (the court, luxury boxes, food and retail stalls, walking areas, and more) and an abnormally high number of thermal zones, resulted in one of the most complicated Title 24 energy models ever created to show compliance.

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The next phase of sustainability in luxury hotels

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Both consumers and the corporate sector with respect to business and travel events are putting more pressure on owners and developers than ever before to become more eco-friendly. Many recent projects crossing Camp’s desk aim to minimize the amount of waste created over a building’s lifespan.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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In fact, a 2017 joint report from the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), found Iowa to be the easiest state for companies to directly purchase renewable energy. INNOVATION DRIVES GROWTH IN QUAD CITIES. New investment and innovation driving the Quad Cities regional economy.

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Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Gets Smarter, Faster

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As a designated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), Oswego County is designed for the convenient and cost effective production of goods. All sites are within five miles of Interstate 80, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline travels east/west, which gives rail access to a bevy of manufacturers, agri-business and logistic companies alike.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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