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California is a Model for PACE Loan Reform

Green Building Law Update

California’s statutory changes to its existing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing program, that became effective January 1, 2017, may be a model for residential PACE programs across the nation. The first residential PACE program started in Berkeley, California in 2007.

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Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable

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Affordable Housing That LEEDs in Being Green and Sustainable. The design leverages the real earth below the courtyard for planting large shade trees, creating a serene, shaded community space for residents while also bringing some native California landscape to the street. . . All photos: Sustainable Comfort). . .

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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. Through the process of getting GPR certified, GPR projects in California also fulfill CALGreen compliance. GreenPoint Rated (GPR) is a third-party rating system for healthy, energy-, and resource-efficient homes.

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Senate Finance Passes Tax Extensions | ENR: Engineering News.

ENR Construction

Sustainability. ENR California. Senate Finance Passes Tax Extensions. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Associations.

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California Photovoltaic Test Lab Dives Into Technologies With Real.

ENR Construction

Sustainability. ENR California. California Photovoltaic Test Lab Dives Into Technologies With Real World Experiments. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis.

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Officials Outline 'Preferred' Path Forward on California's Bay Delta.

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Sustainability. ENR California. Officials Outline Preferred Path Forward on Californias Bay Delta. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar supports $14-billion proposal to transfer water from northern California to the Central Valley, but several lawmakers in the region to be tapped blasted the plan. Power & Industrial.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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They have to pitch in and get involved because they all realize that we won’t have sustainable economic growth if housing is too expensive here.”. TAFI also offered a one-stop shop to help homeowners finance, build, and rent out their ADU. The prize generates ideas Ivory Homes actively applies to its own operations.