Author: LEED Blogger
-
Sustainable Mint House is Build From Corten Steel
The firm James&Mau Arquitectura designed an innovative home in the picturesque Tarragona Province, Spain. The house was built by Infinski and instead of using shipping containers as the main building blocks, the builders chose to use 4 prefabricated metal modules made of Corten Steel. The finished home is called Mint House and comes with a…
-
Modular Off-The-Grid Home
The Eco Pod is a new modular home created by the UK-based company Echo. The tiny home measures 96.8 square feet and can lend itself well to a variety of living arrangements. A standalone Eco Pod can be used as a home office, or extra guest bedroom. The design of these units also allows them…
-
6 Tips to Maintain NFPA 70E Compliance
Best practices to comply with electrical safety regulations. More…
-
SunEdison Completes 1.7-MW Rooftop Solar Project in California
SunEdison Inc., a leading global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, today announced the completion of a 1.7-MWdc roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system in Hesperia, California, that will both provide power to Southern California Edison (SCE) and benefit the landowner, real estate developer ICO Group. SCE isRead More — Solar Builder magazine
-
Getting Energy and Clean Water From the Clouds
A team of scientists is currently raising funds through a crowd funding campaign to develop Air HES (HydroElectric Station), which is basically an airship that can extract clean water and electricity from the clouds. More specifically, it does so by harvesting and condensing water vapor, and uses it to spin up an electric turbine generator…