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The Mayor was selected in November as a 2015 Rose Center Fellow, which affords Pittsburgh guidance on land use challenges from a team of national design experts. In February a team of Rose Center officials visited Hazelwood and forwarded recommendations for the use of the Almono site.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design, today announced the winners of the Future of Architecture Residential Design Contest and Showcase.

The competition attracted entries from architecture students and new architects from across the country, highlighting high-impact ideas in the field of residential design. Houzz promoted the showcase of all entries to the 30 million people who use Houzz every month, providing Future of Architecture participants with broad visibility for their work, and helping to educate the public on the value of good architecture and design.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at the official groundbreaking of Capitol Crossing, a $1.3 billion privately-funded project that will reconnect F Street NW and G Street NW by building a deck over I-395. The unique, long-sought project, operated by Property Group Partners, will span three city blocks, offering 5 mixed-use buildings with 2.2 million square feet and generating $30 million in property taxes for the District

The U.S. Department of Energy has confirmed that Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will speak at WINDPOWER – the U.S. wind industry’s largest event all year. This will be the first time ever that the head of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) attends the annual conference and exhibition, which will be held this year in Orlando, Fla., May 18-21

The National Institute of Building Sciences Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council (BETEC) will hold a webinar on an issue of major concern after this winter’s extended cold season: roof leaks due to ice dams. The webinar, “The Cold Hard Facts About Ice Dams on Roofs,” will be held Friday, May 29, 2015, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm, EDT.

America’s leading organizations representing the full spectrum of business, labor, and public policy will host Infrastructure Week from May 11-15, 2015. Now in its 3rd year, Infrastructure Week will bring together thousands of stakeholders in Washington and around the country to highlight the critical importance of investing in and modernizing America’s infrastructure systems, and the essential role infrastructure plays in our economy.

IBHS is conducting a major field research effort to study hailstones and hailstorms aimed at reducing property damage and improving weather forecast models and radar detection of hail. As part of this effort, IBHS is studying hailstorms in the Central Plains region in an attempt to better understand the characteristics of damaging hail.

The U.S. wind industry’s biggest event all year is now less than three weeks away. Whether you’re a veteran energy reporter looking for insider knowledge, or on a business beat just starting to learn about this made-in-America industry now providing clean energy to millions, you need to attend AWEA WINDPOWER 2015 Conference & Exhibition.

The events provide an opportunity for SEC staff to share information about risks, priorities, and deficiencies observed in examinations or investigations and to discuss how senior executives and compliance professionals have addressed such matters.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a community discussion on airplane noise affecting neighborhoods in the District of Columbia, including the Palisades, Foxhall, and Bellevue, on Tuesday, May 5, at the Palisades Recreation Center (5200 Sherier PL NW), from 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The public meeting will feature officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), who will also hear residents’ concerns and answer questions.

Benedict Group, Inc., a provider of loan servicing software for complex loans, announced today that their new CDFI loan tracking support is now available, and that this support has been approved by the Community Investment Impact System (CIIS), an organization that oversees regulatory reporting for this industry

Tomorrow, April 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, and the State of California will announce a major Clean Water Act settlement with Lehigh Southwest Cement Co. and Hanson Permanente Cement Inc. to protect water quality in Permanente Creek and San Francisco Bay.

Register online for the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA)’s Public Policy Issues summer forum in Las Vegas and cross one more item off the to-do list. Visit the Meetings page at www.nahma.org to register. The housing request deadline is May

Journalists who attend NAREE's Spring Conference in Miami can interview dozens of the world's top real estate newsmakers, tour the country's hottest luxury condo market and hone their digital reporting skills.

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in April rose four points to a level of 56 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today.

A comprehensive resource to help streamline solar power purchase agreements and reduce solar costs.

In an effort to reduce solar soft costs and assist local governments and other public entities seeking to install and finance rooftop solar systems, IREC has developed a comprehensive toolkit on retail solar power purchase agreements (PPAs), to be released Monday, April 13, 2015.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced three workshops today that are part of its Expanding CDFI Coverage in Underserved Areas Capacity Building Initiative training series.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center is hosting the third in a series of roundtables, The Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Risks and Opportunities for the Private Sector.

On Monday, March 30, 2015, Rudy Saporite will participate in a panel discussing Quality Assurance findings. The panel titled “Common Installation Mistakes” features Solar PV industry installation and inspection experts

Nearly 7,000 of the world’s foremost leaders in the real estate and land use industry will convene at the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2015 Fall Meeting, set for October 5-8 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. ULI is a global research and education institute dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving, sustainable communities.