Author: LEED Blogger
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Green Certified Multifamily Buildings to Receive Lower Interest Rates
Fannie Mae recognizes value of sustainable design. More…
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Pretty Solar Panels and Harvesting Energy From Interior Lights
Finding and using alternative energy sources is quickly becoming a must and one obstacle to overcome is how to make solar panels easier to incorporate into building projects. This, of course, involves making them look pretty. VTT Technical Centre of Finland has gone a step further in this. They have come up with a method…
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DOE Funds Research to Improve Facility Heating and Cooling
Localized technology could dramatically cut HVAC energy usage. More…
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Yet Another Quaint Tiny House
Heirloom, the Oregon-based tiny homemaker recently unveiled a new offering in their line up. Their newest tiny home has off-the-grid capabilities, a clever and spacious interior layout, and a state-of-the-art automated house control system, which can be operated via an iOS or Android smartphone and will be launched soon. The Heirloom tiny home measures only…
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Progressive Paper
Snyder Paper’s Rooftop Solar Exemplifies Multiple Renewable Energy Ideals In a project that employs a range of renewable energy strategies, GEP Solar has constructed a 600-kW system on the rooftop of Snyder Paper Corp. in Hickory, N.C. Commissioned in October 2014, this net-metered system provides power directly to the facility,Read More — Solar Builder magazine