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GreenPoint Rated goes national: what multifamily developers need to know

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GPR began in California and is the state’s leading residential green building rating system with over 73,500 rated homes. Programs like LEED and WELL both offer more flexibility, as they have rating systems for both residential and commercial spaces. Certification process. Pricing and value.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

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While most Passive buildings are residential (well over 3500 buildings worldwide and 300 in North America), there are a growing number of commercial and institutional projects (over 500) including office buildings, hotels, schools, and even a prison. Pennsylvania offers tax credits for low income Passive House building.

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Tapping LA’s Rooftop Solar Potential Could Benefit City’s Most Disadvantaged Communities

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The CLEAN LA Solar program allows local commercial property owners to sell solar power generated from rooftops and parking lots back to LADWP at a competitive fixed rate. “As California confronts a severe drought and a rapidly changing climate, this program gives homeowners another opportunity to do their part.”

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Governor’s Report: Sooner Is Better In Oklahoma

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The number of STEM degrees and certificates conferred at state system colleges and universities reach a record high in the last academic year with more than 6,000 students receiving degrees and certificates in STEM disciplines, a 28-percent increase over the last five years.”. OK is home to the largest U.S.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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After swallowing that gloomy news, Californians trudged to the polls in November and approved a referendum increasing their state income taxes by a whopping $6 billion a year. Thus far, California hasn’t dived head-first into an embrace of fracking. All of that may be about to change, seismically, for the better. Last year, CA Gov.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Interstate 40 is the major east-west thoroughfare reaching from North Carolina to California that runs through Arkansas. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), working with other state agencies, offers a Career Readiness Certificate to potential employees. Interstate 55 links eastern Arkansas to St.

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Location Focus: New York – The Empire State Leverages Its Strengths

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Business will be able to locate in these special university economic zones and operate 100 percent tax-free for 10 years, with no income tax, business or corporate state and local taxes, no sales tax, no property tax, no franchise fees, and in many cases, no income tax for employees. following California and Wisconsin.