Author: LEED Blogger

  • Landmark Dividend makes solar land acquisition

    Landmark Dividend LLC, a ground lease acquisition company, recently acquired 190 acres in New Jersey, which is currently being leased to a solar energy project. “Landmark Dividend works closely with solar developers and operators to provide custom solutions that are tailored to their needs,” said Alex Stone, Senior Vice President forRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Decent Accommodation for the Homeless

    The organization Homes for the Homeless has proposed an innovative way to alleviate the problem of homelessness. They propose a series of small, cost-effective pods that could be attached to buildings and provide a decent place for the homeless to live, away from the dangers of sleeping on the streets. The pods were designed by…

  • Ideal Power systems selected by Sonnenbatterie for energy storage solution

    Ideal Power Inc., a developer of innovative power conversion technologies, and Sonnenbatterie, Europe’s leading smart energy storage provider, announced that Sonnenbatterie has selected Ideal Power’s power conversion systems, utilizing its award-winning Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), for integration with the commercial Sonnenbatterie system. Sonnenbatterie also has placed initial product ordersRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Consolidated Standard for High Performance Buildings

    ICC, ASHRAE will streamline compliance path for IgCC and Standard 189.1. More…

  • When are We Going to See Greener Hospitals ?

    When considering building and development sustainability, hospitals are a primary candidate. They consume approximately twice as much energy as the traditional office building and produce much more waste. Additionally, promising studies are under way linking improved patient health to more environmentally friendly buildings. Even as far back as the Industrial Revolution prominent philosophers have thought…