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  • Is California multifamily housing ready for the new economics of solar?

    Solar Power World

    California utility regulators have a decision to make about the financing of solar projects, and so do multifamily housing property owners. Regulators are considering greatly reduced rates for utility customers who feed solar energy to the grid. A December 2021 proposed decision by the California Public Utilities Commission would erode long-term solar cost savings and the timeline for return on investment. The timeline for approving new rates, known as net energy metering (NEM) rates, is uncl…

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  • Israeli construction tech unicorn hopes to transform home building

    The Times of Israel

    What if you could buy a new home designed to your specification, ready to live in within a quarter of the time it normally takes to build a new house, while leaving just half the carbon footprint of other construction?

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  • Want to rent a castle? Airbnb has an upgrade for that

    Axios

    In what CEO Brian Chesky calls “the biggest change to Airbnb in a decade,” the home rental company introduced a sitewide makeover Wednesday that makes it easier to find offbeat and niche properties.

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  • Wayleadr chosen to take part in accelerator programme

    Irish Times

    Irish-founded start-up Wayleadr has been chosen as one of five companies to take part in the Sodexo UK and Ireland Accelerator programme.

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  • VC Funding for Proptech Skyrockets as ESG Monitoring Advances

    GlobeSt

    Venture capital has been pouring into proptech startups this year as technology to track carbon emissions and decarbonize buildings scales up in advance of new SEC rules for ESG disclosures.

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  • Backing the “next tiny giants”: EG launches $100 million proptech incubator

    Business News Australia

    Sydney-based investment manager EG is backing the future of Australian property technology, today announcing a $100 million incubator called EGX.

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  • Single-family rental platform Appreciate to go public in SPAC deal

    TheRealDeal

    Defying investors’ waning interest in risky proptech stocks, the sponsor pair behind Porch’s 2020 rocky SPAC merger are taking another firm public — this time are targeting the hot single-family rental sector.

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  • Risk-mapping startup UrbanFootprint nets $25M

    Axios

    UrbanFootprint, an analytics startup that uses data to better map risk, raised $25 million in Series B funding, the company tells Axios. Why it matters: The round closed April 15, CEO Joe DiStefano tells Axios, meaning current funding rounds are still a lagging indicator of current private market activity.

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  • Powering NYC Skyscrapers With Renewable Energy Is Nearly Impossible. But Some Are Starting To Try

    Bisnow

    Buildings are responsible for approximately 21% of all global carbon emissions, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and other facets of the built environment generate even more.

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  • Proptech Data Firms Race To Scale Up Amid Tech Turmoil, Looming SEC Rule

    Bisnow

    A confluence of factors has supercharged interest in the technology of monitoring, tracking and reducing building emissions, especially the expansion of ESG investment.

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