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State Focus: New York – Accelerating Biotech Innovation In The Empire State

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The Innovate NY Fund is a seed stage business equity fund with up to $47 million to support innovation, job creation, and high growth entrepreneurship throughout the state. Innovate NY funding may not exceed $500,000 per investment or $750,000 in the case of any individual biotechnology related company. Celmatix Inc.,

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5 ways mass timber will reshape the design of life sciences facilities

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Laboratories Designers Codes and Standards Mass Timber Building Materials Building Technology With mass timber’s growing popularity in the built environment, its intersection with the life sciences market offers an untapped potential for sustainable innovation. The resulting spaces can accommodate a diverse group of tenants.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

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The City of Vancouver Zero Emissions Building Plan calls for a 90% reduction in emissions from new buildings by 2025 and while it does not explicitly require Passive House design or certification, it will move that market. Information is available from events@psssivehousecal.org.

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Boston’s Plan to “Be Blue”

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Urban farming, which is one example of “being blue”—along with genetically engineered architecture—is set to expand in almost every part of Boston under a new zoning law. According to Boston Magazine , Mayor Thomas Menino stated that: “Urban agriculture is an innovative way to improve city life.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

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While cities occupy just three percent of global land area, by 2050 they will be home to two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants according to Gensler’s, 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to Gensler’s Aleksander Sasha Zeljic in a June 2018 interview with Architectural Products magazine. for Fast Company.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

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35 Mules, powered by FPL, is an innovation hub helping startups in the energy, water and energy-adjacent industries bring their ideas to life faster, smarter and at scale. In 2020, the company opened a first-of-its-kind innovation hub called 35 Mules. GREATER ROCHESTER, NY DELIVERS REAL POWER FOR ENERGY INNOVATORS. Photo: FPL).

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An Up-Close Look at Toronto’s Construction Boom 

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To date, Toronto has 100 high-rises in construction, 300 proposed high-rises, and 220 construction cranes—more than any other city on the continent. Soon enough, Toronto will overtake Chicago (and fall just behind New York City) for the city with the most skyscrapers in the U.S. and Canada. Investment.