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Enterprise Green Communities Criteria Being Updated

Green Building Law Update

In 2015 the use of LEED v4 will become mandatory, a new 2015 International Green Construction Code will be available, an updated ASHRAE 189.1 will be published, the new ICC 700 National Green Building Standard will be approved, and there will be a 2015 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.

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Pennsylvania is First State to offer Tax Credit for Passive House

Green Building Law Update

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. No points are available for LEED projects.

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Model Sustainability and Green Building Initiatives for a More Verdant City and Town

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Bill 8-14 would require new or extensively remodeled buildings for which County government finances at least 30% of the costs, to generate at least 1 kilowatt of renewable energy for every 1,000 square feet of floor area. The County Council in all Democrat and very Blue.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

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In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels. But the retail rate is at an actual loss to the monopoly utility. It is not good energy policy.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100% of the project costs. ALABAMA - updated for 2014. They are: The Renewal Program.

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A Quarter of American Homeowners Are Considered ‘House Poor'

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are considered “house poor,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs. The study revealed that Miami, Los Angeles, and New York City have the highest share of “house poor” residents, with more than four in 10 homeowners in each city exhausting their household incomes on housing costs. percent in 2015 to 26.5

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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