Author: LEED Blogger
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Shipping Container Used to Build a Skyscraper
The international firm Ganti and Associates Design has proposed a skyscraper to be built out of repurposed shipping containers. This skyscraper would be erected in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India. While building large structure such as this out of used shipping containers is certainly very sustainable, there is always the question of how to…
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Concurrent Droughts, Heat Waves on the Rise in the U.S.
Research shows surge in extreme weather conditions. More…
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Network Magazine September Issue
As seen in The Network, a quarterly magazine read by over 45,000 commercial real estate professionals across 5 major markets:To view the entire magazine, please visit: http://crestnetwork.com/
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Panasonic receives DOE grant to fund new PV system development
Panasonic was awarded a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding will be used to develop a technology that aims to lower the cost of solar photovoltaic systems, improve their performance and ultimately help to reduce use of fossil fuels. “This $2.1Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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New website formed to urge Congress to extend the Investment Tax Credit
Despite all of the hoopla the Obama Administration is making about solar these days, the sudden drop of the Investment Tax Credit still sits as a chilling event for the red hot industry. No one is quite sure what’s going to happen, and that’s why the solar industry is comingRead More — Solar Builder magazine