Author: LEED Blogger
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Sun-Speckled Off Grid Cabin
The Olive Tree House is a tiny summer cabin that was designed by Greek architect Eva Sopéoglou. It is located in Halkidiki, Greece and operates completely off the grid. As an interesting an unique design feature, it is also clad in metal, which is perforated with decorative shapes that cover the interior walls with dappled…
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Modern Rammed Earth Home
Using earth to build a home has many sustainable advantages, while also keeping costs down. And a rammed earth home can also be very modern. The latter has been proven before, and now again by the Chinese design firm Hypersity. They drew inspiration from traditional cave houses of the Shanxi province and created a gorgeous…
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Lovely and Unique Flatpack Furniture
Flatpack furniture has got to be one of the best inventions ever made, since it has greatly simplified shopping for furniture and/or moving. It has also made the whole furnishing process a lot easier for people who live in apartments. The drawback is that such furniture is not built to last, and several tons of…
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Bringing Light to Impoverished Underdeveloped areas of the World
It’s always great to see green tech used to better the world. The so-called Dominican Light Project has set out to provide a source of light in the form of solar power lanterns to the poor in the Dominican Republic for only $5 per person. The area where they intend to launch these lanterns is…
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SolarEdge inverter lineup now meets UL 1741 SA, certified as smart inverters
SolarEdge Technologies sent word that all of its single-phase and three-phase inverters are certified to comply with UL 1741 SA as outlined in CPUC Rule 21. As of now, all SolarEdge inverters purchased in the US are certified as smart inverters per the code that is expected to go intoRead More — Solar Builder magazine