Author: LEED Blogger

  • Stools Made from Recycled Seaweed

    It’s always great to see waste recycled as something unique and useful, and that’s exactly what this project involves. When Carolin Pertsch, a designer from Germany learned that tons of seaweed were being dumped into landfills each year, she sought out to find a way to offset this problem. What she came up with is…

  • ITC extension: Solar industry reacts (celebrates)

    It is Monday, and the solar industry is nursing a hangover after a weekend spent celebrating the extension of the Investment Tax Credits (ITC). Funny how quickly the mood changed regarding this possibility. Only a month ago we started asking readers for their wild predictions for 2016, and not manyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • DOE Releases Aggressive HVAC Efficiency Standard

    DOE rule projected to save up to $167 billion over 30 years. More…

  • Bay4 Energy Services brings on new president of technical services

    Bay4 Energy Services LLC welcomes William Richardson as the new President of Technical Services overseeing operations & maintenance, field services and a unique testing and development group known as LABS. Founded in 2008, Bay4 Energy Services optimizes the value of energy assets for owners and operators of energy production facilitiesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • MegaCell touts 25% bifacial efficiency of solar cell

    MegaCell is an innovative Italian-based photovoltaic bi-facial high-efficiency cell and module manufacturer, part of Mega Group, which was recently established by Franco Traverso. Traverso is considered a pioneer of the Italian photovoltaic cells technology, given his extended experience of more than 30 years in photovoltaic (PV) sector since 1981, whenRead More — Solar Builder magazine