Engineered Tax Services is proud to announce that we will be taking part in the Austin Energy Green Building Seminar Series.  Julio Gonzalez, CEO and Founder of Engineered Tax Services, will present “Show Me The Green: Tax Deductions and Rebates for Energy Efficient Buildings.”  Austin Energy Green Building™ holds its lunchtime seminars at the LCRA Dalchau Service Center, 3505 Montopolis Drive. We meet in Building A, Rooms 504 and 505, also called the Large Safety Conference Room. There is a small café in the building and vending machines and water are available. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Date: Friday, February 27, 2009

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Topic: Show Me The Green: Tax Deductions and Rebates for Energy Efficient Buildings

Location: LCRA Dalchau Service Center

Description: Learn from an industry expert how to take advantage of the often untapped financial benefits for energy efficient designs and retrofits. The “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” extended tax credits and deductions available through the 2005 Energy Policy Act for energy efficient homes and buildings.

This seminar will cover the tax credits available to home builders for new energy efficient homes that achieve 50% energy savings for heating and cooling over the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and supplements. At least 1/5 of the energy savings must come from building envelope improvements. This credit also applies to contractors of manufactured homes.

Owners or designers of new or existing commercial buildings also are eligible for tax deductions if the building saves at least 50% of heating and cooling energy when compared to a building meeting ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2001. Partial deductions are available for measures affecting any one of three building systems: the building envelope, lighting, or heating and cooling systems.

You may want to bring your accountant!

Presenter: Julio P. Gonzalez is the CEO and Founder of Engineered Tax Services, Inc. Mr. Gonzalez, a pioneer in the energy tax field, speaks nationally on green and LEED building engineering and R & D credits, cost segregation studies, green construction and the emerging energy tax programs and has been published nationally in many CPA and real estate investment publications.

Who may attend: Seminars are open to all building professionals and all Austin Energy and City of Austin personnel. Learning Unit and Continuing Education credits are available for American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Texas Institute of Building Design (TIBD) members.

Advance registration or RSVP is not required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. To learn more about Austin Energy Green Building seminars, call (512) 482-5300.

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