Energy Conservation in Land Use Practice
By enforcing and enhancing energy codes, encouraging the use of combined heat and power and district energy systems, properly orienting and commissioning buildings, and incorporating renewable energy resources, we can unlock local land use law's potential to achieve energy conservation.
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Career Journal: Network to Success
Job search should be as much a part of your ongoing career management as aspirations for promotion, more responsibility, and increased compensation at your current employer. In essence, you should always be looking, if not actually taking, your next job.
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Profitable firms invest in long-range marketing capabilities; that is, they take a view of the desired end result, land new work, and incorporate these goals into their support systems.
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The Rights and Treatment of Non-Debtor Contract Counterparties in Bankruptcy
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The Supreme Court of Virginia recently held that insurance coverage for Chinese drywall claims could be denied under a pollution exclusion. As the first state supreme court to rule on the issue, the Virginia Supreme Court's analysis, as set forth in its ground-breaking decision, could potentially be followed by other courts in Chinese drywall coverage litigation and create a significant hurdle to policyholders seeking coverage.
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