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Let's just look at one (expensive) idea proposed in the GND: >Upgrading all existing buildings and building new ones so that they achieve maximum energy effici

Let's just look at one (expensive) idea proposed in the GND: >Upgrading all existing buildings and building new ones so that they achieve maximum energy efficiency, water efficiency, safety, affordability, comfort, and durability. How is a directive to upgrade all existing buildings, anything but central planning of an entire industry?

fl0wenol 6y ago
That sounds awfully like a nod towards developers and REITs that you'd get property tax breaks and/or credits if you hit LEED certification levels. What is the problem with that? It's already a thing, just not nationally. You get that pro-jobs angle for contractors, provide a stop-gap when new construction slows servicing existing owners looking to reduce costs. You're reading the proposals with an ... impractical eye.