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Cannabis Retail Construction: How to Navigate the Green Rush

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First of all, the time frame for leasing and building out a space – whether a dispensary or cultivation facility – is often dictated by when new laws around marijuana usage go into effect. These facilities are designed to ensure a secure environment for everything from receiving deliveries to storing, displaying and selling the product.

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LEED Commercial Interiors can Save the Planet

Green Building Law Update

LEED Commercial Interiors projects present the best single opportunity for greening buildings. Green Building Council’s LEED (the ubiquitous acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the most widely used green building rating system in the world, less than 1% of commercial buildings in the U.S.

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20,000th LEED Project Is Certified

Green Building Law Update

This green tenant improvement portends enormous business opportunities associated with the U.S. Green Building Council and the existing built environment. The sustainable build out is the 32,308 square feet corporate offices of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. So, it really is very green.

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The Ultimate Office Design Build Case Study – Us!

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Here are just a couple commercial construction tips and insights we learned along the way: There are great deals on leasing office space, but even better deals on buying vacated grocery stores. It was important to meet their needs to ensure the new environment would be conducive to maximum productivity. This project was no different.

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Army Abandons LEED Certification

Green Building Law Update

Instead, the Department of Defense is going to simultaneously require compliance with its green building code and with LEED certification. Read more here: Defense Department to Adopt Green Code and LEED. We have entered a new era of green building policy. For the US Green Building Council, this could be a devastating blow.

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A/E/C Marketing Best Practices Webcast

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A/E/C firms have been impacted by the economic environment more than anyone, and consequently marketing has become a top priority. Prior to CWA Deborah served in marketing roles with Bovis Lend Lease, OWP/P (Cannon Design), Nova Environmental Services and more. To take the survey, Click Here! “A/E/C

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ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords

Green Building Law Update

It offers a positive that the supply chain contract, the lease, is in writing. LEED, Green Globes and other third party verified green building rating systems provide certainty able to satisfy the E (environmental) in ESG for many organizations. Additionally, the fixed asset supply is multi-year, easy to monitor and verify.