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At the end of this month, the owners of tens of thousands of buildings in New York City will be required to post a letter grade based on their properties’ energy efficiency.

SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has introduced new palm recognition technology in a pair of Seattle stores and sees a broader potential audience in stadiums, offices and other gated or secured locations. Customers at the stores near Amazon’s campus in Washington can flash a palm for entry into secured areas and buy goods.

Former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff and dotloop founder Austin Allison are teaming up on a new startup called Pacaso that aims to make it easier for more people to own a vacation home.

Property Inspect is a unique cloud and mobile App for scheduling, producing and managing professional inspection reports. Relied on by thousands of property managers, service providers and inspection businesses to increase efficiency, reduce risk, save money, increase response times, quickly handle disputes and stay compliant.

Smart cities are highlighted as one of nine key trends capable of generating growth opportunities from Covid-19, according to a study by Frost & Sullivan. Its analysis predicts that the sector could generate significant business opportunities with a market value of $2.46 trillion by 2025. Among the others listed are connected living, connected work, human augmentation and digital health.

After a week of far-reaching climate promises measured over decades, four of the world’s six largest economies have now proposed ending dates for their carbon emissions.

Leslie D. Hale made history as the first African-American woman to lead a public real-estate investment trust. Today, a little more than two years later, this industry club of female Black chief executives still has just one member.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said last week that the company was making changes to its physical spaces to better support employees in a future Pichai said would include "hybrid models" of work.