Author: LEED Blogger
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AllEarth Renewables to donate portion of sales to help fight discriminatory N.C. law
Kudos to AllEarth Renewables, which will be donating a portion of every tracker sale in North Carolina to the repeal effort of HB 2, the state’s new discriminatory law. HB 2 overturned protections for LGBT people and sanctioned discrimination across North Carolina. Until the discriminatory law is repealed, AllEarth will donateRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Intersolar North America expands conference offerings, tours, networking opportunities
Intersolar North America this year will feature an expanded conference program, including four conference tracks and access to the co-located ASES conference SOLAR 2016. Over the course of three days, conference speakers will discuss the key technologies in the areas of solar and energy storage, financial tools and legislative actionsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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New SolSmart program to cut ‘red tape’ for communities looking to boost solar installs
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and The Solar Foundation (TSF) just launched a new designation program that will recognize leading solar cities and counties as well as empower new communities to advance through no-cost technical assistance. A core component of the technical assistance program — named SolSmart — areRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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This Plant Will Charge Your Phone
All sorts of ingenious little renewable charging devices are popping up lately, mainly since our energy consumption needs have shifted toward having to charge small gadgets, a task that can easily be handled by such devices. The so-called Bioo plant is one of the more ingenious offerings in this area. It is a potted plant…
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Solarrus Corporation acquires Power Factors
Solarrus Corp., an independent service provider in the North American solar, electric vehicle and battery energy storage industries, acquired Power Factors — a provider of hardware-agnostic software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for performance monitoring, asset management and optimization. This acquisition gives Solarrus a software platform for monitoring and managing renewable energy assets. Power Factors co-founders SteveRead More — Solar Builder magazine