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		<title>Solar@Work Offers Huge Discounts To Commercial Building Owners And Lease Holders</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new program in San Francisco, Solar@Work, offers discounts, and in some cases free installation, on solar arrays for commercial building owners and lease holders.  Almost any size business can qualify for the program that will lower energy costs for participants.  For businesses proactively addressing San Francisco&#8217;s required energy audits, this program requires a closer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1728&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PACE Lawsuit Update (BerkeleyFirst and GreenFinanceSF Still Suspended)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The feud between Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the PACE program is heating up.  I&#8217;m going to play devil&#8217;s advocate (for a moment), so let me quickly set the stage.  As you will recall, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and their parent entity (following the financial crisis of 2008) the Federal Housing Finance Agency (for convenience, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1491&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Earth Day! Sustainable Community Interview Special!</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2010/04/22/happy-earth-day-sustainable-community-interview-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geof Syphers is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Codding Enterprises, developer of Sonoma Mountain Village, a One Planet Communities development in Rohnert Park, California that aims to be close to net zero&#8230;as a village! We&#8217;ve written about Sonoma Mountain Village (SOMO) before.  Click here to review that post. Now, as an Earth Day special, please [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1227&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AB 510 Signed By Governor Schwarzenegger! (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2010/03/04/ab-510-signed-by-governor-schwarzenegger-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 510 on February 26, 2010 (Click here for full text of AB 510) (Click here for press release and video). We covered the basic elements of the new law in Part 1 of our coverage last week (click here for that post). Now, we turn to some other elements of the law&#8230; some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1111&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Tech Event &#8211; San Francisco March 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends over at the Kellogg Alumni Club are at it again with another great clean tech event. On Wednesday, March 17 the group will host a panel discussion on two emerging clean industries: transportation and energy &#8211; including nuclear power. Can that, too, be clean? The event is open to the public, and it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1076&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AB 510 On The Way To Governor&#8217;s Signature! (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2010/02/23/ab-510-on-the-way-to-governors-signature-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AB 510 (full text here) passed both the Senate and Assembly, and Governor Schwarzenegger says he will sign the bill into law.  The bill raises the cap set on the number of homes and businesses that can take advantage of net energy metering.  Yes, there&#8217;s a cap!  The utilities don&#8217;t want &#8220;customer-generators&#8221; producing power without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1058&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big Box Stores For Green Building Supplies</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/08/04/big-box-stores-for-green-building-supplies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home is a Bay Area-based company opening &#8220;Big Box&#8221; sized showrooms that will offer green building supplies for consumers and builders.  Rich Rifkin, the founder of New Home, plans to start by opening 10 stores in the Bay Area and Sacramento.  The stores will offer over 200, 000 products as well as educational materials and videos.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=880&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homebuyer&#8217;s Tax Credit &#8230;Need I Say More</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to state Franchise Tax Board, the applications for the $10,000 state tax credit for new home buyers has generated 2,624 applications in the first 28 days! Get more information on the tax credit here  The Sacramento Bee, reports: &#8220;The credit, estimated to benefit about 10,000 homebuyers statewide this year, offers up to $3,333 off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=464&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Green California Summit and Exposition is coming up!  From March 16-18, The Sacramento Convention Center plays host to well over a hundred exhibitors, and dozens of panels and forums. Visits to the exhibition hall and attendance at keynote addresses are FREE!  If you want to attend the panels and educational forums, the fees [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=457&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Efficient Mortgages Are A Big Win For Developers, Contractors, And Homeowners!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Efficient Mortgagaes (EEMs) or Energy Improvement Mortgages (EIMs)are special mortgages that give home purchasers or  home owners the option of purchasing a more expensive home with green features or installing energy efficient technology in a current home.  Lenders allow borrowers to borrow more money than they would otherwise permit because the savings in energy costs can be used [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=347&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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