Author: LEED Blogger
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New Method of Harvesting Wave Energy
For towns and cities in coastal areas, harvesting wave energy makes a lot of sense. The company Albatern from Scotland recently came out with a unique solution for easy and affordable way to do just that. The so-called WaveNET is a modular and scalable array of floating generator units. These units, also referred to as…
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Earthquake Resistant Houses Could Soon no Longer be Just an Expensive Dream
A team of engineers at Stanford University has come up with a breakthrough method of constructing earthquake-resistant homes. The significance of this is the fact that their new method is inexpensive and rather easy to implement. The engineers recently completed a prototype of a house built using this method. It is a two-story home, which…
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Dunkin’ Donuts Creates Green Building Certification Program
New DD Green program looks to improve restaurant sustainability. More…
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Solectria Inverters Power Bausch & Lomb Plant
Solectria Renewables LLC, a leading U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, reports that Advanced Solar Products chose its PVI 23TL and PVI 28TL inverters to power Bausch and Lomb’s manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York. The 1.1MW system feature 28, PVI 28TL’s and 5, PVI 23TL’s 1000 VDC, three-phase, transformerless inverters. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Shipping Container School Built in Africa
Due to being inexpensive and readily available, shipping containers are often used for building affordable housing for the less fortunate. This was recently proven by the Johannesburg, South Africa firm Architecture for a change (A4AC) who used shipping containers to construct a school and community center Malawi. The structure is also capable of operating independent…