Category: California
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Another Awesome Tiny Home
The tiny home built by Shelley and Joshua is yet another example of how spacious a small home can be. They’ve equipped their 224-square-foot tiny home with a spacious kitchen, full bathroom, and a sleeping area that has adequate headroom. Joshua and Shelley are avid campers, and in mid 2014 they decided it might be…
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Simple and Effective Grey-water Recycling System
Water shortage is becoming a noticeable problem in a lot of areas of the world due to climate change and over population. That is why low flow and grey water recycling fixtures are so welcome. One of these is the new ReFlow G2RSystem, which is, according to its designers, the Vancouver-based Re-Flow team, capable of…
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Southern Power Acquires Interest in Lost Hills-Blackwell Solar Facility
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power acquired a controlling interest in the 32-megawatt Lost Hills-Blackwell Solar Facility in California from First Solar Inc. “Southern Company continues to strategically develop solar renewable projects across the country,” said Thomas A. Fanning, Southern Company chairman, president and CEO. “By further diversifying our energy mixRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp Bakersfield Facility Operational
Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp.’s 20-megawatt Bakersfield I Solar generation and its 23-megawatt Morse Wind generation projects are now operational and selling renewable power in Canada and the United States. Bakersfield I Solar, located in Kern County, California, is Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp.’s second solar generating facility and isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Super Sustainable LivingHomes Prefabs Taking Over California
The company LivingHomes has launched their first sustainable, LEED platinum prefab home back in 2013. They have also partnered with the non-profit Make It Right organization and architect William McDonough with whom they have created the so-called C6 home, which is an affordable LEED Platinum certified home, which also meets the US Environmental Protection Agency’s…