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Promoting Electric Vehicles as Environmental Policy or Corporate Welfare

Green Building Law Update

Maryland has been a leader in the promotion of plug-in electric vehicles. have created incentives for plug-in electric vehicles. Maryland residents may be eligible for a one time excise tax credit, up to $3,000.00, when they purchase or lease a qualifying plug-in electric vehicle through June 30, 2017.

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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

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Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change. However, the average U.S.

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Rise of the S: Q&A with ESG Researcher Avis Devine

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Her time is mostly spent researching the financial implications of sustainability in commercial real estate (CRE) and serving Schulich’s graduate programs in real estate and infrastructure. YOUR RESEARCH CENTERS AROUND ECONOMIC RISK (BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL) AND HOW IT’S IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

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Rise of the S: Q&A with ESG Researcher Avis Devine

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Her time is mostly spent researching the financial implications of sustainability in commercial real estate (CRE) and serving Schulich’s graduate programs in real estate and infrastructure. Your research centers around economic risk (business and financial) and how it’s impacted by environmental sustainability.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Recycled Houses

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. May 16, 2007.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

Green buildings generate large quantities of data. In an age when many have opinions about Edward Snowden’s disclosures, foreign state sponsored hacking, and Uber’s massive customer data hack, most people have not considered matters of data protection from their real estate, green building or otherwise. Others collect building data.

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FTC Regulates What You can Say about Your Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

That guidance from the FTC is not new, but as both onsite and offsite renewable energy has become a national holy grail, increasingly businesses are communicating to others about their green power, including as part of ESG disclosures. A REC can be sold separately from the actual electricity (kilowatt-hour, or kWh).