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Passive House is “In” in 2017

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New York City Zone Green thick wall exclusion allows for up to 8 inches of wall thickness to be exempted from the calculation of floor area to encourage high performance buildings without decreasing the amount of usable space in the building, including Passive construction.

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What Is Rainwater Harvesting | Rainwater Harvesting Methodology | Types of Rainwater Harvesting Method |Rainwater Harvesting Project

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Zones are separated by different rainfall types. Reasonable size garden users will see the reduction of the main water used. If the tank is going to running out, a little amount of the main waiter is fed to it. It acts as a backup for the main water. #6. In commercial projects dual pumps are used. #5.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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The riverfront complex is being built on the old Advocate newspaper site bordered by Main, North, Lafayette Street and River Road. Jindal said the company is examining the feasibility of additional Louisiana projects that would bring the total new capital investment at its sites in the state to $1.2 The approximately $30.5

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Oregon Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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may be feasible for financing smaller projects, particularly within the $1,000,000 to $5 million cost range. In an enterprise zone, most authorized businesses enjoy a somewhat broader tax abatement using a different form. There are currently 68 enterprise zones in Oregon: 53 rural and 15 urban. .

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. With the completion in late May of Reach D (part of the Delaware River’s main shipping channel) in Delaware, the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project is now about 60 percent complete. That work is expected to begin in September.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says. This zoning provides opportunities to create a profitable development.”