Author: LEED Blogger
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Water-Based Battery Outperforms Lithium Ion
A new battery has been developed that is free of toxic materials and longer lasting than its more expensive competitors. More…
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Discarded Cigarette Butts can be Recycled into Energy Storage Devices
Cigarette butts are one of the most haphazardly discarded items, and an estimated 766,571 metric tons of them end up deposited into the environment each year across the globe. Furthermore, even if the cigarette butts are disposed of properly, they still pose a threat since arsenic and other harmful chemicals leak from them into the…
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Year Long Study of Net-Zero Energy Home Completed Successfully
It has now been a year since the Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) in Washington DC has been built and its energy harvesting capabilities began to be monitored. The home was built on the campus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists and researchers conducted a computer simulation that replicated…
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10 Ways to Use Shipping Containers as Homes
In the last few years, it’s been well-established that shipping containers make awesome, trendy and eco-friendly homes. But for those who still doubt it (or anyone looking for inspiration) here is a list of ten ways in which a shipping container can become a home, ranging from the simplest to the most extravagant. 1. SurfShack…
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Alabama Steel Company Installs 340-kW System with Solar FlexRack Mounts
Facing rising energy costs and increased power demand from their steel manufacturing and fabrication plants, Apel Steel Corporation in Cullman, Alabama, contracted ACE LLC SOLAR to move them off-grid with a PV solar power generating system. The 340-kW system was designed and developed to generate 470,213 kWH of AC electricalRead More — Solar Builder magazine